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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. To the author's mother, what was the gateway to romance?
(a) Religion.
(b) Status.
(c) Fashion.
(d) Riches.

2. How did the author feel about the women who sat around his dinner table on Friday nights?
(a) They were they joy in the home.
(b) He was infatuated with one of them so he would listen in rapture to them.
(c) They were too noisy and would escape the house.
(d) He got lost in their conversations but still sat there and listened.

3. What would the author skip pages of his favorite book to read?
(a) The description of the mountainous terrain the characters lived in.
(b) The description of the homestead the characters were building.
(c) The description of the ship the immigrants came across the ocean on.
(d) The description of the characters eating black bread, salt and tomatoes.

4. What nickname did the author's father give him?
(a) Yankel.
(b) Lazer.
(c) Kaddish.
(d) Heshie.

5. The author preferred the movie house over the synagogue, why did he favor the movie house?
(a) There was nothing there to remind him of Brownsville.
(b) He could escape his parents there.
(c) They sold popcorn and other wonderful treats.
(d) It was cool there during the summer, it was the only place that stayed cool.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the author's "great moment" of the Sabbath?

2. What was the author listening to when he last saw his childhood kitchen?

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

4. Who could the author hear crying in the streets at night as a child?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who does the author feel is his advocate in religion? How does the author feel about God?

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

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

5. 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?

6. In what ways did the kitchen hold the author's mother's character?

7. What is prohibited on the Jewish Sabbath?

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

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

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

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