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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 did the author run away from his father?
(a) Atlantic Avenue.
(b) Prospect Park.
(c) Grand Army Plaza.
(d) The Abraham and Straus Store.

2. What can the author see in every ground floor kitchen window?
(a) Pies cooling for dessert.
(b) Jars of beans and fresh herbs.
(c) Containers of milk and fresh poppy seed rolls.
(d) Lemonade and jam.

3. 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?
(a) Anger.
(b) Fear.
(c) Dismay.
(d) Joy.

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

5. When was the Sabbath extra special for the author?
(a) When his mother was too sick to go to the synagogue.
(b) When his cousin had friends over for dinner.
(c) When he was too sick to go to the synagogue.
(d) When his mother made his favorite dish of chicken and dumpling soup.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What did the author's mother do out of loneliness every evening?

4. What was the author's favorite school experience?

5. The author preferred the movie house over the synagogue, why did he favor the movie house?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. There was one topic of discussion on the Sabbath nights that always made the author happy. What was that topic and why?

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

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

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

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

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