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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 were the author's friends?
(a) The boys from his Hebrew classes.
(b) The characters from his books.
(c) The characters in the Bible.
(d) The boys who lived on Pitkin Street.

2. How did the author describe the Episcopalian church in the neighborhood?
(a) Daunting.
(b) Rundown.
(c) Quite plain.
(d) Romantic and ethereal.

3. What could you see someone doing into the late hours of dusk in Brownsville?
(a) Someone sifting through garbage.
(b) Boys playing handball.
(c) Someone settling down in an empty alleyway for the night.
(d) Someone stealing coal from the cellars.

4. Where did Mrs. Solovey grow up?
(a) Odessa.
(b) Braila.
(c) Kiev.
(d) Nikolayev.

5. What did the women of Brownsville expect to receive from the drugstore owner?
(a) Free samples.
(b) Sweets.
(c) Credit.
(d) Beauty tips.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the author gets off at Fulton Street, how does he feel?

2. What did the boy do to win over the neighbor girl's mother?

3. Why did the author play the violin for the barber?

4. The author's mother was a hard worker but there was something she couldn't do. What was that one thing?

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

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