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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. When was the Sabbath extra special for the author?
(a) When his mother made his favorite dish of chicken and dumpling soup.
(b) When he was too sick to go to the synagogue.
(c) When his mother was too sick to go to the synagogue.
(d) When his cousin had friends over for dinner.

2. What had the author's final paper been about?
(a) A violin.
(b) His Socialist party friends.
(c) His relationship with his mother.
(d) Mrs. Solovey's suicide.

3. On Fifth Avenue, the author found something he was surprised by. What was it?
(a) A painting of his mother.
(b) A painting of his home country.
(c) A painting of his grandparents.
(d) A painting of a nude woman.

4. Where did the author think he lived as a child?
(a) The best place a child could grow up.
(b) The most lonely place in the world.
(c) The place most suited to his family.
(d) The end of the world.

5. What nickname does the author give the second street?
(a) The "slow street."
(b) The "show street."
(c) The "sweet street."
(d) The "short street."

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the author's "great moment" of the Sabbath?

2. Where was city land all around Brownsville? What were those pieces of land used for?

3. How did the author feel when he walked into his synagogue?

4. When did the author feel the only time his favorite food could be eaten in "good conscience"?

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

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