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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Leo's last name?
(a) Dugovka.
(b) Schearl.
(c) Dinofski.
(d) Johnson.

2. Whose job is it to protect the wagon and the milk while the milk is being delivered?
(a) Albert's
(b) A hired guard.
(c) David's.
(d) A policeman.

3. How do Leo and David get to Bertha's?
(a) On skates.
(b) Walking.
(c) On bikes.
(d) In a car.

4. Who is punched into unconsciousness after the milk is stolen?
(a) One of the theives.
(b) Albert.
(c) David.
(d) A store owner.

5. In the chapter "The Rail," what is David called on to do during cheder?
(a) Read before the rabbi's supervisor.
(b) Write a passage on the chalk board.
(c) Recite a passage.
(d) Serve the rabbi tea.

6. Who does David meet in Book IV, Chapters 5-6
(a) A group of boys.
(b) Albert.
(c) Yussie.
(d) A group of girls.

7. How does David feel about the roof of his apartment building?
(a) It brings him peace and solitude.
(b) He thinks it is ugly.
(c) It scares him.
(d) He wishes he could bring all his friends there.

8. Why does Albert take part of another milkman's route?
(a) The other man quit.
(b) The other man is injured.
(c) The other man was fired.
(d) The other man is on vacation

9. Who forces David to go somewhere during his hallucination?
(a) Genya.
(b) Isaiah.
(c) Albert.
(d) An angel.

10. Who urges David to run outside until Albert's anger subsides?
(a) Genya.
(b) The rabbi.
(c) Nathan.
(d) Bertha.

11. Where does David go to avoid his father's return when he gets home after going on the milk route with Albert?
(a) His room.
(b) The cellar.
(c) Outside.
(d) Bertha's candy store.

12. What does Leo help Esther with?
(a) Tying a knot.
(b) Putting on her skates.
(c) Her dress.
(d) Homework.

13. Where do Leo and Esther go to be alone?
(a) Into the storage cellar.
(b) Behind the candy store.
(c) Leo's bedroom.
(d) Esther's bedroom.

14. Where does Leo often go to play?
(a) The cellar.
(b) Behind the school.
(c) His old neighborhood.
(d) To Bertha's house.

15. What falls from David's pocket as he is being beaten?
(a) A dirty picture.
(b) Money.
(c) A rosary.
(d) A phone number.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Leo doing when David finds him after returning from Bertha's?

2. Following the event with Leo and his cousin, what does David do during cheder?

3. After Albert's father was gored by a bull, what did Albert do to help him?

4. Who tries to stop Nathan from telling David's parents about what David and Leo did earlier in the day?

5. What lie does David tell the rabbis about his father?

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