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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. What did the boy do to win over the neighbor girl's mother?
(a) Fix her leaky pipes.
(b) Pay her bills.
(c) Offer to become a Jew.
(d) Cook her dinner.

2. What kind of coat did Mr. Solovey wear?
(a) Trench.
(b) Alpaca.
(c) Cashmere.
(d) Wool.

3. What countries had the Solovey's lived in?
(a) Palestine, France and Italy.
(b) France, Italy and Ireland.
(c) Italy, France and Scotland.
(d) Palestine, England and Africa.

4. Who did the author call "The Chicken Lady?"
(a) Mrs. Deutscher.
(b) Mrs. Baruch.
(c) Mrs. Klein.
(d) Mrs. Rosenthal.

5. What was the author afraid of?
(a) The barber.
(b) The principal.
(c) The "chicken lady."
(d) The cellar.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author needed something urgent at the end of the chapter, The Block and Beyond, Pages 109-131. What did he need?

2. What other author did the author feel he could trust?

3. What was the author listening to when he last saw his childhood kitchen?

4. What time of day is the mind's "grazing time?"

5. To the author's mother, what was the gateway to romance?

(see the answer key)

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