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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book III: The Coal.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Luter often come over to the Shearl's house?
(a) To play with David.
(b) To fix things around the apartment.
(c) For dinner.
(d) To drive Albert to work.

2. What does Rabbi Yidel give David for reading an entire passage in Hebrew?
(a) A nickel.
(b) A penny.
(c) A dime.
(d) A piece of candy.

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 hugs David.
(d) Albert criticizes David.

4. What faith is the Schearl family?
(a) Jewish.
(b) Buddhist.
(c) Christian.
(d) Atheist.

5. Failing to burn a chumitz is a ____ in David's faith.
(a) Great honor.
(b) Major sin.
(c) A sign of luck.
(d) Minor sin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What effect do the quiet and the water of the river have on David?

2. What happens at Ellis Island during the year in which this book begins?

3. In Book I, why is Albert fired from his job?

4. What is Bertha like compared to Genya?

5. What does David discover Genya liked to do as a girl?

(see the answer key)

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