1. How did the author's parents feel of his generation?
(a) They were foolish.
(b) They were free.
(c) They were careless.
(d) They were too frivolous.

2. What did the author's mother do to remember her parent's deaths?
(a) She went to the cemetary where they were buried and laid flowers at their graves.
(b) She sat around and told stories of her parents to her friends.
(c) She lit the mourning candle twice a year.
(d) She went dancing, her parents favorite thing to do together.

3. What did the children buy from the Syrian vendors?
(a) Halvah.
(b) Manoushah.
(c) Couscous.
(d) Yaknit al-kama.

4. What did the author's mother do out of loneliness every evening?
(a) She would cry silently at the sink while she washed dishes.
(b) She would read from her parent's memoirs.
(c) She would stare out at the street.
(d) She would cry silently at her sewing machine.

5. What did the Jews of Brownsville think of someone "going their own way" or not following tradition?
(a) It was courageous.
(b) It was unthinkable.
(c) It was radical.
(d) It wasn't done.

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 was the author's favorite school experience?

3. What were the author's lasting feelings about his school years?

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

5. What profession was the author's mother?

(see the answer key)

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