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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name the author made up for Mrs. Solovey?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Elizaveta.
(c) Beth.
(d) Liz.

2. Where did Mrs. Solovey grow up?
(a) Odessa.
(b) Nikolayev.
(c) Kiev.
(d) Braila.

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

4. What part of the neighborhood tests the author?
(a) The alley where all the boys played handball.
(b) The back wall of the drugstore.
(c) The drugstore where he dropped the sandwich.
(d) The school yard.

5. How did the author feel about summertime?
(a) He feared it.
(b) He looked forward to it.
(c) He would have rather been in school.
(d) He dreaded it.

6. What language does the author share with Mrs. Solovey?
(a) Polish.
(b) French.
(c) Hebrew.
(d) Russian.

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

8. What has replaced an entire block of drugstores and candy shops in the neighborhood?
(a) Second-hand furniture shops.
(b) Department stores.
(c) Factories.
(d) Restaurants.

9. What building does the author miss the most, though?
(a) The hardware store.
(b) The fabric shop.
(c) The drugstore.
(d) The candy shop.

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

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

12. Mr. and Mrs. Solovey had children, what were their children?
(a) Three daughters.
(b) A son and two daughters.
(c) Two sons.
(d) Two daughters.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the author want more than anything?

2. What did the author rejoice to see in his kitchen?

3. Whose house did the author associate with being the furthest from home?

4. What book did Mrs. Solovey take the author back to?

5. What kind of look did New York City have during the summer nights?

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