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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. Failing to burn a chumitz is a ____ in David's faith.
(a) Great honor.
(b) A sign of luck.
(c) Major sin.
(d) Minor sin.

2. When Genya was young, who did she have an affair with?
(a) A rabbi.
(b) A Buddhist.
(c) A goy church organist.
(d) A rich Jewish man.

3. Where do David and his family move to after Albert gets a job as a milkman?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) Ellis Island.
(c) Maine.
(d) The Lower East Side.

4. What does David ask Genya about after seeing a funeral procession?
(a) Angels.
(b) Death.
(c) Her parents.
(d) Religion.

5. How does Albert react to David when David first arrives in New York?
(a) Albert hugs David.
(b) Albert ignores David.
(c) Albert criticizes David.
(d) Albert is overjoyed to see David.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Luter often come over to the Shearl's house?

2. Why does Luter stop coming to the Shearl's for dinner?

3. Who used coal to cleanse Isaiah's mouth?

4. Why did Genya marry Albert?

5. What year is it when the book begins?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the woman the group of boys spy on while chasing the canary doing?

3. What does Bertha say she enjoys about Nathan?

4. Why does David have some difficulty listening in on his mother's conversations with Bertha?

5. Why is David afraid of Albert when he first arrives in New York?

6. Why is David disconcerted by the story the boys tell about what they saw from a rooftop?

7. Why does Albert take David along on his milk route?

8. While outside, David finds a metal milk dipper. What does he hope to do with it?

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

10. Why didn't Genya run away with her lover when she was younger?

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