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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Ruth steal money from?
(a) Her father
(b) Frances
(c) Her brother
(d) Her mother

2. What language can Ruth speak as well as English?
(a) French
(b) German
(c) Yiddish
(d) Polish

3. Where does James' mother work?
(a) Studio 54
(b) Warhol's Factory
(c) The Empire State Building
(d) Chase Manhatten Bank

4. What war does Sam fight in?
(a) The Vietnam War
(b) The Korean War
(c) World War I
(d) World War II

5. Where do James' siblings say his real mother is?
(a) In a grave
(b) In Poland
(c) In Germany
(d) In jail

6. Where does James find a job in Kentucky?
(a) At a gas station
(b) At a music shop
(c) At a factory
(d) At a restaurant

7. Which of the following subjects does Ruth not learn at home?
(a) Math
(b) Sewing
(c) Record keeping
(d) Knitting

8. Who does James' brother ask about what color Jesus is?
(a) James
(b) The Sunday school teacher
(c) A rabbi
(d) His father

9. What does Ruth have to do in the morning before school?
(a) Cook breakfast
(b) Light the fire
(c) Feed the chickens
(d) Open the store

10. Where does Ruth take her children shopping?
(a) The Bronx
(b) Brooklyn
(c) Greenwich Village
(d) Manhatten's Lower East Side

11. What neighborhood in New York does James live in?
(a) Queens
(b) Harlem
(c) Manhatten
(d) Brooklyn

12. How does Frances show her support for Ruth at dinner?
(a) She eats Ruth's food
(b) She throws away Ruth's food
(c) She slaps her father
(d) She does not eat

13. What does James call his stepfather?
(a) Daddy
(b) Boy
(c) Sir
(d) Lithe

14. Where does Ruth's Aunt Betsy work?
(a) A lingerie store
(b) A bank
(c) A cafe
(d) A factory

15. What does Sam do after school?
(a) Completes his homework
(b) Works at the store
(c) Hangs outside the townhall
(d) Cooks dinner

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the muggers spill on the sidewalk?

2. What does Aunt Mary's factory make leather trimmings for?

3. How did James view his mother as a young boy?

4. Why does James hit the boy?

5. What kind of people do James and friends mug?

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