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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who starts to take David to museums and landmarks?
(a) Genya.
(b) Bertha.
(c) Albert.
(d) Mrs. Mink.

5. Who babysits David while his parents go out in Book I?
(a) Luter.
(b) Mrs. Mink.
(c) Bertha.
(d) Esther.

6. Why did Genya marry Albert?
(a) To escape her father.
(b) They had similar goals.
(c) He is handsome.
(d) She loves him.

7. What idea does Bertha relish concerning running her own business?
(a) Having employees to boss around.
(b) Being her own boss.
(c) Being free to raise her children.
(d) Choosing the candies.

8. In Book I, what does Albert send David out in the freezing rain to get?
(a) Bread.
(b) Milk.
(c) A newspaper.
(d) Cigarettes.

9. Why does David kick Yussie and give him a bloody nose?
(a) Yussie kicks him first.
(b) Yussie calls Genya ugly.
(c) Yussie hits him with a hanger.
(d) Yussie teases David about Annie.

10. Who has never seen David before David arrives in New York?
(a) David's grandmother.
(b) Genya.
(c) Bertha.
(d) Albert.

11. Where do David and his family move to after Albert gets a job as a milkman?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) Maine.
(c) Ellis Island.
(d) The Lower East Side.

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

13. What do the chants and rhymes of the girls playing remind David of?
(a) A sister that died.
(b) Being teased.
(c) Sheep in a field.
(d) Rivers, roads, and trees.

14. How does Albert react to David when David first arrives in New York?
(a) Albert hugs David.
(b) Albert ignores David.
(c) Albert criticizes David.
(d) Albert is overjoyed to see David.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What signal reminds David to return home at the end of the day when he is playing outside?

2. What languages do Genya and Bertha talk in that David can understand?

3. What does David do to anger his father when Luter comes for Friday Sabbath dinner?

4. What kind of job does Albert look for after he leaves his job at Dolman's Press?

5. What language do Genya and Bertha talk in that David cannot understand?

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