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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 do to earn a penny from an old woman?
(a) Go to the store for her.
(b) Carry her bags up the stairs.
(c) Help her cross the street.
(d) Light a lamp.

2. Why didn't Genya's lover run off with her?
(a) He died.
(b) His parents forbid it.
(c) She didn't love him anymore.
(d) He married someone else.

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

4. What does Rabbi Yidel teach David?
(a) Music.
(b) English.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Hebrew.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rabbi Yidel feel about the younger generation of Jewish boys?

2. What story does David read from a blue book after the incident with the group of boys at the trolley rails?

3. When David runs into a group of boys, what do they plan to drop on the trolley rail?

4. What does David's mother purchase to place in their kitchen?

5. Who used coal to cleanse Isaiah's mouth?

(see the answer key)

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