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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. What feelings does the author experience when he gets off the train?
(a) Rage, dread and unexpected tenderness.
(b) Hope, lightheartedness and joy.
(c) No feelings at all.
(d) Fear, loathing, and disgust.

2. The author's childhood school is still standing in the neighborhood, how does the school feel to the author?
(a) Like a castle.
(b) Like home.
(c) Like a hospital.
(d) Cold and damp.

3. The author didn't associate his school years with learning, what did he associate them with?
(a) Chasing the girls in the school yard.
(b) Avoiding the bullies who tortured him daily.
(c) Building good character.
(d) Proving the teachers wrong.

4. What were the author's lasting feelings about his school years?
(a) A hopeful feeling of accomplishment.
(b) A feeling of inadequacy.
(c) A feeling of success.
(d) A lifelong sense of being judged.

5. What description does the author give Belmont Avenue?
(a) The "loudest street in Brownsville."
(b) The "loneliest street in Brownsville."
(c) The "brightest street in Brownsville."
(d) The "merriest street in Brownsville."

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the author feel about his Hebrew classes?

2. Where was city land all around Brownsville? What were those pieces of land used for?

3. What did the author's mother do to remember her parent's deaths?

4. What kind of dresses did Mrs. B wear?

5. What is the name of the second road the author mentions?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the author feel about his religion teachers and why?

2. During the day the author's home was different than others. How was it different?

3. The author's mother was a dressmaker. What was her process of creation?

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

5. How has the author's childhood neighborhood not changed?

6. What is prohibited on the Jewish Sabbath?

7. What was the best part of the author's school experience and why?

8. What is the third street the author mentions in "From the Subway to the Synagogue" and what is it's significance?

9. What is the nickname the author's father gave him? What is the meaning of the nickname and did the author like his nickname?

10. Describe the feelings the author first has when he enters his childhood neighborhood.

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