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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. What does David discover Genya liked to do as a girl?
(a) Sing.
(b) Read.
(c) Ride horses.
(d) Write.

2. What language do Genya and Bertha talk in that David cannot understand?
(a) Polish.
(b) German.
(c) Spanish.
(d) Yiddish.

3. How does Rabbi Yidel feel about the younger generation of Jewish boys?
(a) Confident.
(b) Dismayed.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Excited.

4. Who used coal to cleanse Isaiah's mouth?
(a) The devil.
(b) Isaiah's mother.
(c) God.
(d) An angel.

5. What effect do the quiet and the water of the river have on David?
(a) He falls asleep.
(b) He goes swimming.
(c) They bore him.
(d) They mesmerizes him.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who is dousing all the small fires set to burn the chumitz?

4. What faith is the Schearl family?

5. What is on the bottom floor of the flat David and his family live in at the beginning of the book?

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