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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many floors are in the flat that David and his family first live in?
(a) Six.
(b) Three.
(c) Nine.
(d) Two.

2. "Goy" is a Jewish term for what?
(a) A poor man.
(b) A Christian.
(c) A handsome man.
(d) An atheist.

3. What happens to Albert that causes him to leave work before he can lash out at Luter?
(a) Luter quits.
(b) He is promoted.
(c) He is fired.
(d) He injurs his thumb.

4. Who is dousing all the small fires set to burn the chumitz?
(a) A policeman.
(b) A fireman.
(c) A street cleaner.
(d) A mail man.

5. Who babysits David while his parents go out in Book I?
(a) Esther.
(b) Luter.
(c) Bertha.
(d) Mrs. Mink.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why didn't Genya's lover run off with her?

2. What does Annie try to do to David when Yussie leaves to get bread?

3. What do the boys want to cause with the trolley rail?

4. What is Genya's mood when the family reunites in New York?

5. Why does Albert send David into his workplace alone?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the reunion between Genya, David, and Albert like when Genya and David get to New York?

2. What religious event does Leo tell David about in Book IV: Chapters 7-14?

3. Why is Albert in a foul mood when his wife and child arrive in New York?

4. When Yussie and a group of boys taunt David in the streets about his father beating him, what does David do?

5. What does Bertha say she enjoys about Nathan?

6. What does Leo tell David he must get if he wants to travel to Leo's old neighborhood?

7. What is a chumitz?

8. After Albert beats David for lying to the rabbi, what does Genya tell David to do?

9. Why do David and his mother come to New York?

10. In Book I, why has Albert been fired from his job?

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