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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 is David's reaction when he sees a funeral procession for the first time?
(a) David is frightened.
(b) David is excited.
(c) David is curious.
(d) David is sad.

2. When Luter comes over while Albert is away, what does Genya realize about Luter?
(a) Luter wants to have an affair with her.
(b) Luter is in love with Albert.
(c) Luter is lonely.
(d) Luter plans to kidnap David.

3. What languages do Genya and Bertha talk in that David can understand?
(a) Yiddish and English.
(b) Polish and English.
(c) Spanish and German.
(d) Italian and German.

4. Why does Luter stop coming to the Shearl's for dinner?
(a) He overhears Genya calling him ugly.
(b) He has an argument with Albert.
(c) He is going to a marriage broker.
(d) Genya slaps him.

5. Where was David born?
(a) Asia.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Europe.
(d) America.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is David when the book begins?

2. Where does David put the calendar pages he tears from the calendar every day?

3. Who starts to take David to museums and landmarks?

4. What is Bertha like compared to Genya?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. When David returns home from his and Leo's visit to Bertha's daughters, what is David afraid his parents will find out?

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

9. How does Leo say that his father died?

10. Why do the boys chase the canary?

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