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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What kind of job does Albert look for after he leaves his job at Dolman's Press?
2. What languages do Genya and Bertha talk in that David can understand?
3. What year is it when the book begins?
4. In Book III, what does David begin to attend after school?
5. What effect do the quiet and the water of the river have on David?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the woman the group of boys spy on while chasing the canary doing?
2. What does David hallucinate?
3. Genya warns Albert that he is becoming too close to Luter. Why is she concerned the relationship could cause trouble?
4. How does David come to realize that there are some important things he does not know about his parents?
5. In Book III, what mesmerizes David as he returns to the docks?
6. What lie does David tell the rabbis when he cries at cheder?
7. Why does Bertha have some misgivings about marrying Nathan?
8. After Albert beats David for lying to the rabbi, what does Genya tell David to do?
9. What religious event does Leo tell David about in Book IV: Chapters 7-14?
10. What happens when David tries to kick the milk dipper?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why is the setting of Call It Sleep important? What is New York like at the time? How does the physical and historical setting affect David?
Essay Topic 2
Explain David's hallucination following his electrocution. What does it mean? What aspects of his childhood are brought together in the hallucination?
Essay Topic 3
Albert and David are both manipulated by people they consider friends. Albert is manipulated by Luter and David is manipulated by Leo. Compare and contrast the relationships between each of these pairs. How are Albert and David manipulated? Why do they allow themselves to be manipulated?
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