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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does Luter stop coming to the Shearl's for dinner?
2. Where is Luter from?
3. What kind of shop do Nathan and Bertha plan to open?
4. What industry does Albert work in at the beginning of the book?
5. How does David feel when he learns his father will be home all day while he changes jobs?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why do David and his mother come to New York?
2. What happens to Albert before he has a chance to lash out at Luter at their workplace?
3. What does Bertha say she enjoys about Nathan?
4. What does Albert do when he learns that milk has been stolen from his wagon?
5. How does David create the flash on the trolley rail?
6. What Old Testament story does David take a particular interest in?
7. Why does David have some difficulty listening in on his mother's conversations with Bertha?
8. Why does Leo want to go meet David's cousins, Esther and Polly?
9. What is the reunion between Genya, David, and Albert like when Genya and David get to New York?
10. When Yussie and a group of boys taunt David in the streets about his father beating him, what does David do?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Although they grew up in different times and places, Albert and David have distinct similarities in their childhoods. Compare and contrast their childhood situations. How have Albert's childhood experiences influenced David's childhood experiences?
Essay Topic 2
The cellar is one of the major symbols used in Call It Sleep. What does the cellar represent? What does David need to get past the cellar and into his apartment? What does this symbolize in terms of David's life?
Essay Topic 3
Why does David have a feeling of triumph at the end of the book when Albert is clearly upset by his son's near death? Why does he seem to believe he has achieved a victory?
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