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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 did the civics teacher stand during the tests he gave?
(a) In the middle of the classroom.
(b) Behind his desk.
(c) Outside the door.
(d) At the back of the classroom.

2. Who did the shacks on Livonia Avenue start filling up with during the depression?
(a) Irish immigrants.
(b) Jobless union workers.
(c) Communists.
(d) Negroes.

3. Who is it the author always sees first when he enters Brownsville?
(a) The children.
(b) The subway guard.
(c) The Negroes.
(d) The old women.

4. What made Mrs. Solovey leave the author's house?
(a) He told her about his daydreams.
(b) He told her about his mother's depression.
(c) He asked her why she came to Brownsville.
(d) He asked her if he could marry one of her daughters.

5. What is the name and nickname of the third street the author mentions in Part 1, pages 30-47?
(a) Hampton Street, the playground.
(b) Broadview Avenue, the lonely street.
(c) Chester Street, the way home.
(d) Roosevelt Avenue, the wealthy street.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the author feel about summertime?

2. What did the three dressmakers and the author's mother speak of that made the author upset?

3. Why did the author daydream of Mrs. Solovey?

4. What word does the author use to describe many of the places in Pages 77-109?

5. Who inspired the teaching style and curriculum of the author's civics teacher?

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