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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 turn off to "all things good" the author's sixteenth summer?
(a) Eastern Parkway.
(b) Chester Street.
(c) Pitkin Avenue.
(d) The turnoff to the Italian neighborhood.

2. What book was the author always reading on his job?
(a) Moby Dick.
(b) His prayer book.
(c) Anna Karenina.
(d) David Copperfield.

3. On Fifth Avenue, the author found something he was surprised by. What was it?
(a) A painting of a nude woman.
(b) A painting of his home country.
(c) A painting of his mother.
(d) A painting of his grandparents.

4. How did the author try to show his parents he loved them?
(a) He succeeded in school.
(b) He tried to get an after school job.
(c) He hugged them.
(d) He played his violin for them.

5. What did the author ride from the east side?
(a) A taxi.
(b) The trolley.
(c) The subway.
(d) The ferry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Was the author good at handball?

2. Where did the author stop his nightly runs around the block during summertime?

3. What name does the author keep calling God?

4. Who did the shacks on Livonia Avenue start filling up with during the depression?

5. What was the keyword when referred to Mendy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the details the author remembers most about the drugstore?

2. Mrs. Solovey commits suicide late in this section and it shocks the neighborhood. Describe what emotions the neighborhood go through towards the Soloveys.

3. When the author would play games with his friends, he would usually hide in the monument works. What was significant about the monument works?

4. What did the author do after the other boys had gone inside and why?

5. What did the author spend much of his time doing when he wasn't reading or in school?

6. The author was given a book and the giver was surprised. Why was she surprised?

7. What did the author write his final high school paper on?

8. What led the author to fantasize about Mrs. Solovey every night before bed?

9. When Mrs. Solovey makes a visit to the author's home, she engages the author in conversation but soon becomes frustrated. Why does she become frustrated?

10. Why is the idea of "beyond' so important to the author?

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