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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 belief about Jews did the author grow up with?
(a) That they were destined to be bankers.
(b) That they were destined to be leaders of the country.
(c) That they were destined to marry only out of duty.
(d) That they were destined to be propertyless workers.

2. What did the author's mother do to remember her parent's deaths?
(a) She went to the cemetary where they were buried and laid flowers at their graves.
(b) She lit the mourning candle twice a year.
(c) She sat around and told stories of her parents to her friends.
(d) She went dancing, her parents favorite thing to do together.

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

4. What political way of thinking did the author's parents practice?
(a) Democracy.
(b) Marxism.
(c) Republican.
(d) Socialism.

5. What did the author always have in his hands when he was waiting fort the girl by the junkyard?
(a) His prayer book.
(b) His baseball mitt.
(c) His little red books.
(d) His lucky penny.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nickname did the author's father give him?

2. What did the older neighbor boys do when they came home from work?

3. What did the children buy from the small Italians?

4. In what battle did the brother of the author's cousin go missing?

5. Where was the author's father offered a homestead while he was working for the Union Pacific Railway?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is prohibited on the Jewish Sabbath?

4. Describe what happened at the drugstore after the author's childhood therapy session.

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

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

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

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

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

10. How does the author feel about his childhood school?

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