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

2. Who was Mrs. B said to have physical relations with?
(a) The math teacher.
(b) The English teacher.
(c) The principal.
(d) The physical education teacher.

3. Where does the author believe only truly free people are from?
(a) England.
(b) Russia.
(c) New York City.
(d) Poland.

4. What did the author experience when reading the words of the little blue book?
(a) Words so descriptive he could sense what was happening in the book.
(b) He had an moment of enlightenment.
(c) His felt his soul die. He felt too much guilt.
(d) The turn of every page was a labored effort.

5. Where were the communist headquarters?
(a) Pitkin Street.
(b) Thatford Avenue.
(c) Rockaway Avenue.
(d) Broadview Street.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the author describe the Episcopalian church in the neighborhood?

2. Why did the author listen to the singers?

3. What can the author see in every ground floor kitchen window?

4. Mr. and Mrs. Solovey had children, what were their children?

5. When the author read books, he yearned for something. What did he yearn for?

(see the answer key)

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