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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 kind of books did the author go to his cousin's room to read?
(a) Yiddish books.
(b) English books.
(c) Books on government.
(d) Books on how to date women.

2. When the author was a young man, who did he think about after he turned the light out at night?
(a) Mrs. Rylot.
(b) The Polish Broads.
(c) Blumka.
(d) Mrs. Solovey.

3. How did the author feel about being confirmed?
(a) He did it out of peer pressure.
(b) He was positive it was what he wanted to do.
(c) He did it for the gifts.
(d) He did it for his mother and out of tradition.

4. What did the author think about museums and parks?
(a) They were the highlight of his childhood.
(b) They were painful.
(c) They were intriguing.
(d) They were a way to escape Brownsville.

5. What did the women of Brownsville force their children to do?
(a) Eat.
(b) Beat rugs on the stoop.
(c) Shop for dinner.
(d) Stay outside until dinner was ready.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mr. Solovey wear that was unusual to the author?

2. What kind of coat did Mr. Solovey wear?

3. On Fifth Avenue, the author found something he was surprised by. What was it?

4. What did Mrs. E do when she abandoned her housework for a half hour every morning?

5. How did the author feel about the women who sat around his dinner table on Friday nights?

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