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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the neighbor girl dating that her mother was ashamed of?
(a) A Negro boy.
(b) An Irish boy.
(c) A French boy.
(d) An Italian boy.

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

3. Who did the author call "The Chicken Lady?"
(a) Mrs. Rosenthal.
(b) Mrs. Baruch.
(c) Mrs. Deutscher.
(d) Mrs. Klein.

4. What was Mr. Solovey's jacket always covered with?
(a) Face powder.
(b) Dandruff.
(c) Hair.
(d) Cigarette ash.

5. What book was the author always reading on his job?
(a) His prayer book.
(b) Anna Karenina.
(c) David Copperfield.
(d) Moby Dick.

6. Why did the author daydream of Mrs. Solovey?
(a) She hypnotized him.
(b) He couldn't get past the scar on her face.
(c) He secretly loved her.
(d) She had a mysterious life.

7. What did the author and his mother admire as they walked past Belmont Avenue?
(a) The architecture of the new buildings going in.
(b) The fruits and vegetables.
(c) The meats hanging in the delicatessen window.
(d) The jars of colored water in the drugstore.

8. What hadn't the author learned yet when he had the discussion in a foreign language with Mrs. Solovey?
(a) Conjugated verbs.
(b) Irregular verbs.
(c) Reular verbs.
(d) Equatives.

9. What other author did the author feel he could trust?
(a) Samuel Hopkins Adams.
(b) Charles Dickens.
(c) William Blake.
(d) Leo Tolstoy.

10. During the second year of The Great Depression, how long had it been since the author's father had work?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Three years.
(c) Nine weeks.
(d) Nine months.

11. Who did the shacks on Livonia Avenue start filling up with during the depression?
(a) Irish immigrants.
(b) Jobless union workers.
(c) Negroes.
(d) Communists.

12. What did the fat brother that owned the barber shop put through the delicatessen window?
(a) The skinny brother.
(b) A barrel.
(c) A customer.
(d) A motorcycle.

13. Where was the turn off to "all things good" the author's sixteenth summer?
(a) Eastern Parkway.
(b) Pitkin Avenue.
(c) Chester Street.
(d) The turnoff to the Italian neighborhood.

14. What book did Mrs. Solovey take the author back to?
(a) Anna Karenina.
(b) Pride and Prejudice.
(c) Dr. Zhivago.
(d) Jane Eyre.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Was Mr. Solovey a friendly man?

2. Who were the author's friends?

3. What time frame did the author always imagine himself walking through New York in?

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

5. What did the author experience when reading the words of the little blue book?

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