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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19 and 20, Promise, Old Man Shilsky.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Ruth's father open in Virgina?
(a) A bank
(b) A grocery store
(c) A synagogue
(d) A music store

2. Where does Ruth take her children shopping?
(a) Brooklyn
(b) Manhatten's Lower East Side
(c) The Bronx
(d) Greenwich Village

3. What does James call his stepfather?
(a) Daddy
(b) Boy
(c) Lithe
(d) Sir

4. Where does Ruth find a job in this chapter?
(a) A bank
(b) A gym
(c) A restaurant
(d) A diner

5. What language can Ruth speak as well as English?
(a) Yiddish
(b) French
(c) German
(d) Polish

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does James go in this chapter?

2. From whose death does James say his mother never recovers?

3. What did Hunter die of?

4. What does Aunt Betsy arrange for Ruth?

5. Where does Ruth attend high school?

(see the answer key)

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