A Walker in the City Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 132 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

A Walker in the City Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 132 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. The author stopped at the neighborhood drugstore to have lunch one day. While eating his sandwich, some of it fell into a pile of dust. How did this make the author feel?

2. What still lines Belmont Avenue that was there during the author's childhood?

3. Where does the author believe only truly free people are from?

4. What did the team receive if they won the competition between the "Army Navy" tests the civics teacher gave?

5. Who did the author feel could intercede with God for him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does the demolished part of the author's childhood neighborhood remind the author of and why was she so important to him?

2. During the day the author's home was different than others. How was it different?

3. In what ways did the kitchen hold the author's mother's character?

4. What kind of geographies does the author describe in the last part of 'From the Subway to the Synagogue'? What do describing these geographies lead to?

5. What are some of the memories the author has about his place of worship?

6. Describe what happened at the drugstore after the author's childhood therapy session.

7. In the middle of the first section, 'From the Subway to the Synagogue', what is the first street the author mentions and how does he describe it?

8. How has the author's childhood neighborhood not changed?

9. How does the author describe his childhood perception of the distance between Brownsville and New York?

10. Who does the author feel is his advocate in religion? How does the author feel about God?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the group that he joins, the author meets two young men who make a significant impact on him. Who were the members and what details about these members and their surroundings drew the author in? What aspects of these characters distanced him?

Essay Topic 2

The author walks through his childhood neighborhood describing significant places and moments. What could his reasoning for walking through his childhood be?

Essay Topic 3

Shame is a recurring theme in the book. Using examples from the book, describe the 2 main causes for the author's shame.

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