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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 could you see someone doing into the late hours of dusk in Brownsville?
(a) Boys playing handball.
(b) Someone settling down in an empty alleyway for the night.
(c) Someone sifting through garbage.
(d) Someone stealing coal from the cellars.

2. Something frightening happened to the author when we went to get coal one winter day -- what was it?
(a) He was beat up in the cellar.
(b) Bats flew out of the cellar when he opened the door.
(c) He thought he heard someone.
(d) He got locked in the cellar.

3. Whose house did the author associate with being the furthest from home?
(a) Mrs. Deutscher's.
(b) Mrs. Klein's.
(c) Mrs. Rosenwasser's.
(d) Mrs. Hooper's.

4. Who was the neighbor girl dating that her mother was ashamed of?
(a) An Italian boy.
(b) A French boy.
(c) A Negro boy.
(d) An Irish boy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Mr. and Mrs. Solovey had children, what were their children?

2. What was the keyword when referred to Mendy?

3. Why don't the children sleep inside?

4. What did the author hide under his coat on the way home Passover week?

5. When the author played handball, was it for fun?

Short Essay Questions

1. During the summer nights in Brownsville, many groups met to have meetings on the streets. What were some of those groups and what were their causes?

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

3. The author met two boys who were part of the Socialist group, David and Isrolik. What was it about these boys that the author enjoyed?

4. Where did the author's walks take him when he walked to the edge of Brownsville?

5. The author liked to go to the courtyard to hear music, why was there always music in the courtyard?

6. What is so significant about the author not being able to find his mother during the funeral service for Mrs. Solovey?

7. What did the second hand furniture shops remind the author of?

8. Mr. Solovey wasn't the most likable person in the neighborhood. What didn't people like about him?

9. When the author went to visit a friend in New York who lived in a brownstone, what did he discover?

10. 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?

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