1. How did the author secretly think of the synagogue?
(a) As a mean place.
(b) He thought it was haunted.
(c) It was a happy place.
(d) He felt more comfortable there than he did at school.

2. Who was Mrs. B said to have physical relations with?
(a) The English teacher.
(b) The physical education teacher.
(c) The math teacher.
(d) The principal.

3. During his childhood subway train rides to "the city," what told the author that he was on his last leg home?
(a) The Borough Hall Station.
(b) The east and west side express lane junctions.
(c) The East River.
(d) The Brooklyn-Clark Station.

4. What still lines Belmont Avenue that was there during the author's childhood?
(a) Pots of flowers.
(b) Garbage.
(c) Pushcarts.
(d) Sewage.

5. What did Mrs. E do when she abandoned her housework for a half hour every morning?
(a) She gossiped with the neighborhood ladies.
(b) She listened to her "shows" on the radio.
(c) She weeded her small flower garden.
(d) She sat in the vegetarian restaurant.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the author discovers a new development in a familiar part of town, he had a particular feeling toward seeing the development. What was the feeling he had?

2. How did the author feel about his Hebrew classes?

3. What did the women of Brownsville force their children to do?

4. What did the Jewish vendors sell roasted potatoes, baked apples and knishes from?

5. What is the era in which the author's childhood took place?

(see the answer key)

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