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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. Why did the author keep going back to the barber shop?
(a) To take lessons from the barber.
(b) To read the newspapers from New York.
(c) To look at two pictures from the first world war.
(d) To hear the latest political discussions.

2. Where were political rival meetings held?
(a) The vegetarian restaurant.
(b) Pitkin Street.
(c) The drugstore.
(d) Underground.

3. The author's childhood school is still standing in the neighborhood, how does the school feel to the author?
(a) Like a hospital.
(b) Cold and damp.
(c) Like home.
(d) Like a castle.

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

5. What were the author's lasting feelings about his school years?
(a) A feeling of success.
(b) A lifelong sense of being judged.
(c) A hopeful feeling of accomplishment.
(d) A feeling of inadequacy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the author step off the train when he first enters Brownsville?

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

3. What did the author think about museums and parks?

4. What smells reminded the author of the Brooklyn Bridge?

5. What time of day is the mind's "grazing time?"

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