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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. Did the author feel he could openly discuss his feelings about God?
(a) He only felt he could express them to his parents.
(b) He felt he could only discuss them with his friends from school.
(c) Yes.
(d) No.

2. Was the author good at handball?
(a) Yes.
(b) The book doesn't clarify.
(c) He was the best in the neighborhood.
(d) No.

3. Who's name was on the sign the boys pasted to the outside wall of a house on Chester Street?
(a) Babe Ruth.
(b) Eddie Cicotte.
(c) Cy Young.
(d) Dazzy Vance.

4. What political party was said to be lighthearted?
(a) Communist
(b) Democrat.
(c) Republican.
(d) Socialist.

5. The author's mother was a hard worker but there was something she couldn't do. What was that one thing?
(a) Read at all.
(b) Work the victrola.
(c) Read English.
(d) Do basic math.

Short Answer Questions

1. What instrument did the author play as a child?

2. What was Mr. Solovey's jacket always covered with?

3. The author preferred the movie house over the synagogue, why did he favor the movie house?

4. Why did the C.P. Organizer say the author couldn't join the Socialist party?

5. Why did the author listen to the singers?

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