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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. Where was the author's father offered a homestead while he was working for the Union Pacific Railway?
(a) Colorado.
(b) Omaha.
(c) Dallas.
(d) St. Louis.

2. Where does the author believe only truly free people are from?
(a) England.
(b) Poland.
(c) Russia.
(d) New York City.

3. Who is it the author always sees first when he enters Brownsville?
(a) The old women.
(b) The subway guard.
(c) The Negroes.
(d) The children.

4. When was the author's "great moment" of the Sabbath?
(a) When it was over.
(b) When the prayers were being said.
(c) When his father came home.
(d) When his mother placed the challah on the table.

5. What did the women of Brownsville force their children to do?
(a) Beat rugs on the stoop.
(b) Stay outside until dinner was ready.
(c) Eat.
(d) Shop for dinner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What description does the author give Belmont Avenue?

2. What did the big Italians sell and during what time?

3. What did the author do every time he walked into the civics teachers classroom?

4. 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?

5. How did the author describe the Episcopalian church in the neighborhood?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did the author have such a hard time when his mother, cousin and her friends started talking about "Heym?"

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

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

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

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

7. In the middle of the first section, 'From the Subway to the Synagogue', what is the first street the author mentions and how does he describe it?

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

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

10. How does the author describe his childhood perception of the distance between Brownsville and New York?

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