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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 is the era in which the author's childhood took place?
(a) The 1920's.
(b) World War Two.
(c) World War One.
(d) The Great Depression.

2. How did the author feel about being confirmed?
(a) He did it out of peer pressure.
(b) He was positive it was what he wanted to do.
(c) He did it for the gifts.
(d) He did it for his mother and out of tradition.

3. What is the name of the second road the author mentions?
(a) Broadway Street.
(b) Pitkin Avenue.
(c) Market Street.
(d) Hampton Avenue.

4. What did the street always smell faintly of?
(a) The garbage left on the curb.
(b) The sewage from the squatter's lot.
(c) The candy from the wholesaler's windows.
(d) Freshly baked bread.

5. What was the author's favorite delight in all seasons?
(a) Popcorn from the Coney Island dives.
(b) Roasted apples from the Jewish vendor.
(c) Food from the delicatessen.
(d) Caramels from the candy store.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the author secretly think of the synagogue?

2. What instrument did the author play as a child?

3. What can the author see in every ground floor kitchen window?

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

5. What still lines Belmont Avenue that was there during the author's childhood?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What was the author most embarrassed about during his school years? What made those years worse?

10. 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?

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