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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Summer: The Way to Highland Park, p. 135 - 176.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the author believe only truly free people are from?
(a) England.
(b) Russia.
(c) New York City.
(d) Poland.

2. What time frame did the author always imagine himself walking through New York in?
(a) The 1890's.
(b) The 1900's.
(c) The 1880's.
(d) The 1850's.

3. What did the women of Brownsville expect to receive from the drugstore owner?
(a) Beauty tips.
(b) Free samples.
(c) Credit.
(d) Sweets.

4. How did Mrs. Solovey commit suicide?
(a) She jumped in front of the El train at Rockaway Station.
(b) She jumped from the fire escape.
(c) She jumped of the Brooklyn Bridge and drowned in the East River.
(d) She sealed the doors and windows and let the gas stove run.

5. Where was the author's father offered a homestead while he was working for the Union Pacific Railway?
(a) St. Louis.
(b) Colorado.
(c) Omaha.
(d) Dallas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What country did the civics teacher come from?

2. What was the name the author made up for Mrs. Solovey?

3. What would the author skip pages of his favorite book to read?

4. During his childhood subway train rides to "the city," what told the author that he was on his last leg home?

5. What belief about Jews did the author grow up with?

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