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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 was the author listening to when he last saw his childhood kitchen?
(a) The sound of children happily playing in the streets before suppertime.
(b) His parents fight over money.
(c) The first Sabbath services from Belsen concentration camp.
(d) The announcement of Dwight D. Eisenhower's election as president.

2. What still lines Belmont Avenue that was there during the author's childhood?
(a) Pushcarts.
(b) Pots of flowers.
(c) Garbage.
(d) Sewage.

3. What smells reminded the author of the Brooklyn Bridge?
(a) Bleach, ground coffee and spices,
(b) Ground coffee, spices and paint.
(c) Tar, ground coffee and soap.
(d) Urine, sweat and oil.

4. How does the author describe David's house?
(a) Naked.
(b) Comfortable.
(c) Poor.
(d) Opulent.

5. What did the team receive if they won the competition between the "Army Navy" tests the civics teacher gave?
(a) An automatic passing grade on a test.
(b) A gold star.
(c) A free pass to the bathroom.
(d) A blue star.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were the communist headquarters?

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

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

4. Finish this sentence. " The Socialist Party is _______."

5. Who did the author feel could intercede with God for him?

(see the answer key)

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