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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. After the dinner with Nathan and the family becomes tense, what does Nathan suggest?
(a) That he leave.
(b) That he and Albert step outside.
(c) That David leave the table.
(d) That he and Bertha go for a walk.

2. Where does Bertha meet Nathan?
(a) At the dentist's office.
(b) On the bus.
(c) At work.
(d) At church.

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

4. What does David do to anger his father when Luter comes for Friday Sabbath dinner?
(a) Spills soup.
(b) Fails to offer Luter wine.
(c) Vomits.
(d) Talks out of turn.

5. When Luter finds out that Genya has never left the neighborhood, what does he give Albert and Genya?
(a) A map.
(b) Subway tickets.
(c) Theater tickets.
(d) His car.

Short Answer Questions

1. What frightens David most about the thought of death?

2. When Genya was young, who did she have an affair with?

3. What story does David read from a blue book after the incident with the group of boys at the trolley rails?

4. How does Albert treat Nathan when he came to dinner?

5. What language do Genya and Bertha talk in that David cannot understand?

Short Essay Questions

1. While up on his own rooftop in Book IV, Chapters 7-14, what does David see on another rooftop?

2. What happens to the trolley after David kicks the milk dipper?

3. When David's parents argue after the rabbi tells them of David's lie, what does David learn about Albert's childhood?

4. What Old Testament story does David take a particular interest in?

5. What saves David after he kicks the milk dipper on the rails?

6. In Book III, what mesmerizes David as he returns to the docks?

7. Why does Luter want to find a wife that has money?

8. Why doesn't David run away when the men terrorize him and steal the milk?

9. What lie does David tell the rabbis when he cries at cheder?

10. Why is 1907 an important year for Ellis Island?

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