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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book IV: The Rail, Chapters 15-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What frightens David most about the thought of death?
(a) Being cold.
(b) Not seeing his mother.
(c) Going to Hell.
(d) Being buried in the earth forever.

2. How old is Leo?
(a) 18.
(b) 10.
(c) 8.
(d) 13.

3. What is on the bottom floor of the flat David and his family live in at the beginning of the book?
(a) A bookstore.
(b) A candy store.
(c) More apartments.
(d) The cellar.

4. Where does David go after leaving the boys who chase the bird?
(a) Cheder.
(b) Leo's house.
(c) The river.
(d) The roof of his own building.

5. What soothes David following the milk route incident?
(a) His blanket.
(b) Thinking about God.
(c) His mother's love.
(d) Looking out the skylight window.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Leo and Esther go to be alone?

2. Who looks after Leo during the day?

3. "Goy" is a Jewish term for what?

4. What lie does David tell the rabbis about his father?

5. What does Rabbi Yidel teach David?

(see the answer key)

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