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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the author like best about Highland Park Reservoir?
(a) It was where the girls went to sun themselves.
(b) It was away from home.
(c) It was cooler than the rest of the neighborhood.
(d) It was quiet.

2. What political party was said to be unfriendly?
(a) Democrat.
(b) Socialist.
(c) Communist.
(d) Republican.

3. What let the author know how he felt after he read his prayer book?
(a) By the song in his head.
(b) By the discussions he had with his mother.
(c) By the feeling in his chest.
(d) By the thoughts he had the rest of the day.

4. Why don't the children sleep inside?
(a) The bedrooms are closed off to save energy.
(b) Their parents rent out their rooms.
(c) It was too hot.
(d) The cockroaches made it impossible to sleep in their bedrooms.

5. When the author read books, he yearned for something. What did he yearn for?
(a) Someone to walk to school with.
(b) Someone to run with at night.
(c) Someone he could bully around.
(d) Someone to be his true friend.

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

7. How did the author try to show his parents he loved them?
(a) He succeeded in school.
(b) He played his violin for them.
(c) He hugged them.
(d) He tried to get an after school job.

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

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

10. What was the keyword when referred to Mendy?
(a) Traitor.
(b) Hero.
(c) Future.
(d) Sellout.

11. Something frightening happened to the author when we went to get coal one winter day -- what was it?
(a) He thought he heard someone.
(b) He was beat up in the cellar.
(c) Bats flew out of the cellar when he opened the door.
(d) He got locked in the cellar.

12. 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 jars of colored water in the drugstore.
(c) The meats hanging in the delicatessen window.
(d) The fruits and vegetables.

13. Finish this sentence. " The Socialist Party is _______."
(a) The Second Party of Communism.
(b) The Right Hand of the Devil.
(c) The Third Party of Capitolism.
(d) The Lord's Chosen Way.

14. What did the boy do to win over the neighbor girl's mother?
(a) Cook her dinner.
(b) Fix her leaky pipes.
(c) Offer to become a Jew.
(d) Pay her bills.

15. The author changed where he walked after supper. Where did he walk to?
(a) His girlfriend's house.
(b) The reservoir.
(c) The new candy shop down the street.
(d) The new library.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of the neighborhood tests the author?

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

3. What language was commonly used in the author's neighborhood?

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

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

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