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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. What does Annie try to do to David when Yussie leaves to get bread?
(a) Hit him.
(b) Get him to play tea party.
(c) Molest him.
(d) Get him in trouble with his mother.

2. Where is Bertha from?
(a) Ireland.
(b) Scotland.
(c) Austria.
(d) England.

3. What happens at Ellis Island during the year in which this book begins?
(a) The highest number of immigrants are processed there.
(b) The President gives a historic speech there.
(c) There is an earthquake.
(d) There is a bombing.

4. Why was Genya's father determined to marry her off?
(a) He wanted her husband to take care of her.
(b) She was "ruined."
(c) He wanted the best for her.
(d) He and his wife wanted to be alone.

5. What frightens David most about the thought of death?
(a) Going to Hell.
(b) Being buried in the earth forever.
(c) Being cold.
(d) Not seeing his mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the coming of age celebration for Jewish boys?

2. How old is David when the book begins?

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

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

5. How old is David in Book I?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bertha say she enjoys about Nathan?

2. What does David find relaxing about the family's apartment in the Lower East Side?

3. Why does David kick Yussie causing a bloody nose?

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

5. After going on the milk route with Albert, why is David unable to perform at cheder?

6. What does David find on the roof of his own building after listening to the boys' story of the canary chase?

7. Why does Leo want to go meet David's cousins, Esther and Polly?

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

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

10. How does David create the flash on the trolley rail?

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