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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the author run?
(a) To escape his block.
(b) To escape the junkyard dogs.
(c) To be the first to play follow the leader.
(d) To train for handball.

2. What word does the author use to describe many of the places in Pages 77-109?
(a) Lonely.
(b) Alien.
(c) Beyond.
(d) Home.

3. What was the first restaurant the author ever sat in?
(a) The "Coffee Pot."
(b) "Adina's Cafe."
(c) "The Corner Bakery."
(d) "Elliott's Deli."

4. Who never looked anyone in the face?
(a) The Hunchback.
(b) Isrolik.
(c) David.
(d) The author.

5. What made Mrs. Solovey leave the author's house?
(a) He told her about his mother's depression.
(b) He asked her if he could marry one of her daughters.
(c) He told her about his daydreams.
(d) He asked her why she came to Brownsville.

6. Was the author good at handball?
(a) No.
(b) The book doesn't clarify.
(c) He was the best in the neighborhood.
(d) Yes.

7. On Fifth Avenue, the author found something he was surprised by. What was it?
(a) A painting of his grandparents.
(b) A painting of his mother.
(c) A painting of his home country.
(d) A painting of a nude woman.

8. What emotion did the author feel when he was working during his sixteenth summer?
(a) Happy.
(b) Indifference.
(c) Fear.
(d) Dread.

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

10. Whose house did the author associate with being the furthest from home?
(a) Mrs. Hooper's.
(b) Mrs. Rosenwasser's.
(c) Mrs. Klein's.
(d) Mrs. Deutscher's.

11. What was the greatest mystery about the Soloveys?
(a) Why they moved so much.
(b) What they fought over.
(c) Why they were living in Brownsville.
(d) Where they were originally from.

12. Why did the author listen to the singers?
(a) He liked to hear the different parts of the music.
(b) He liked to hear the echoes of voices against the brick.
(c) He liked to see the blonde girl in the choir sing.
(d) He preferred singers over instruments.

13. What did the author ride from the east side?
(a) The ferry.
(b) A taxi.
(c) The trolley.
(d) The subway.

14. What kind of look did New York City have during the summer nights?
(a) An ethereal look.
(b) A coarse look.
(c) A mysterious look.
(d) An unstitched look.

15. Why did the C.P. Organizer say the author couldn't join the Socialist party?
(a) Because he was Russian.
(b) Because he couldn't pay the registration fee.
(c) Because he was a student.
(d) Because he was a Jew.

Short Answer Questions

1. What hadn't the author learned yet when he had the discussion in a foreign language with Mrs. Solovey?

2. Which of the stations is the author's favorite?

3. Where was the turn off to "all things good" the author's sixteenth summer?

4. What happened to Mr. Solovey's business?

5. What street was the author's house on?

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