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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What language does the author share with Mrs. Solovey?
(a) Polish.
(b) Russian.
(c) Hebrew.
(d) French.
2. Who never looked anyone in the face?
(a) David.
(b) The Hunchback.
(c) The author.
(d) Isrolik.
3. How did the author feel it meant to be a Jew?
(a) They were free in their part of town.
(b) Their very existance was questioned.
(c) They were superior to the other religions.
(d) They were the most choice of people.
4. What was the Rabbi reluctant to do at Mrs. Solovey's funeral?
(a) Allow a viewing.
(b) Allow her to be burried in the synagogues cemetary.
(c) Say the necessary prayers inside the synagogue.
(d) Say the necessary prayers over her grave.
5. What was the author afraid of?
(a) The principal.
(b) The cellar.
(c) The "chicken lady."
(d) The barber.
6. What word does the author use to describe many of the places in Pages 77-109?
(a) Lonely.
(b) Beyond.
(c) Home.
(d) Alien.
7. What did the author think about museums and parks?
(a) They were the highlight of his childhood.
(b) They were a way to escape Brownsville.
(c) They were painful.
(d) They were intriguing.
8. What street was the author's house on?
(a) Rockaway Ave.
(b) Pitkin Street.
(c) Broadview Ave.
(d) Chester Street.
9. Mr. and Mrs. Solovey had children, what were their children?
(a) Two daughters.
(b) Two sons.
(c) A son and two daughters.
(d) Three daughters.
10. Where did Mrs. Solovey grow up?
(a) Braila.
(b) Odessa.
(c) Nikolayev.
(d) Kiev.
11. What did the women of Brownsville expect to receive from the drugstore owner?
(a) Beauty tips.
(b) Sweets.
(c) Free samples.
(d) Credit.
12. Why did the author keep going back to the barber shop?
(a) To read the newspapers from New York.
(b) To take lessons from the barber.
(c) To hear the latest political discussions.
(d) To look at two pictures from the first world war.
13. What let the author know how he felt after he read his prayer book?
(a) By the feeling in his chest.
(b) By the thoughts he had the rest of the day.
(c) By the discussions he had with his mother.
(d) By the song in his head.
14. Who did the shacks on Livonia Avenue start filling up with during the depression?
(a) Communists.
(b) Negroes.
(c) Jobless union workers.
(d) Irish immigrants.
15. When the author gets off at Fulton Street, how does he feel?
(a) Tranquil.
(b) Stress.
(c) Anxious.
(d) Joyous.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why did the author believe the neighborhood madwoman stood on their stoop so long?
2. What was Mr. Solovey's jacket always covered with?
3. What was the keyword when referred to Mendy?
4. When the author read books, he yearned for something. What did he yearn for?
5. What was the greatest mystery about the Soloveys?
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