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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the Jews greet the Sabbath?
(a) "As a ghost."
(b) "As a newborn babe."
(c) "As a bride."
(d) "As a groom."

2. What was the author's favorite school experience?
(a) Walking past the girls' bathroom.
(b) Saying the pledge of allegiance.
(c) His weekly visits with the speech pathologist.
(d) Visiting the assembly hall.

3. Who inspired the teaching style and curriculum of the author's civics teacher?
(a) Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
(b) Theodore Roosevelt.
(c) Herbert Hoover.
(d) Calvin Coolidge.

4. What did Mrs. E do when she abandoned her housework for a half hour every morning?
(a) She gossiped with the neighborhood ladies.
(b) She listened to her "shows" on the radio.
(c) She weeded her small flower garden.
(d) She sat in the vegetarian restaurant.

5. When the author discovers a new development in a familiar part of town, he had a particular feeling toward seeing the development. What was the feeling he had?
(a) Joy.
(b) Anger.
(c) Dismay.
(d) Fear.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Jewish vendors sell roasted potatoes, baked apples and knishes from?

2. The author stopped at the neighborhood drugstore to have lunch one day. While eating his sandwich, some of it fell into a pile of dust. How did this make the author feel?

3. What country did the civics teacher come from?

4. The author's mother was a hard worker but there was something she couldn't do. What was that one thing?

5. What time of day is the mind's "grazing time?"

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does the demolished part of the author's childhood neighborhood remind the author of and why was she so important to him?

2. Twice a year, the author's mother would mourn her parent's deaths. What other significance did his mother's mourning hold for the author?

3. Which of the buildings in Brownsville that has been demolished holds the most fond memories for the author and why?

4. What are some of the memories the author has about his place of worship?

5. The author liked to go to his cousin's room right before supper. What did he like to do while he was in there?

6. What time of day was the loneliest for the author's mother and why? What brought her out of her loneliness?

7. How does the author describe the second street he remembers and what is it's name?

8. Why didn't the author believe his cousin and her friends were of his parent's generation?

9. What are the author's favorite memories from the first street in pages 'From the Subway to the Synagogue',?

10. There was one topic of discussion on the Sabbath nights that always made the author happy. What was that topic and why?

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