2. What did the author and his mother admire as they walked past Belmont Avenue?
(a) The architecture of the new buildings going in.
(b) The meats hanging in the delicatessen window.
(c) The fruits and vegetables.
(d) The jars of colored water in the drugstore.

3. Why did the author keep going back to the barber shop?
(a) To look at two pictures from the first world war.
(b) To hear the latest political discussions.
(c) To read the newspapers from New York.
(d) To take lessons from the barber.

4. What word does the author use to describe many of the places in Pages 77-109?
(a) Beyond.
(b) Alien.
(c) Lonely.
(d) Home.

5. The author needed something urgent at the end of the chapter, The Block and Beyond, Pages 109-131. What did he need?
(a) To say his final goodbyes.
(b) To see his mother.
(c) To see his father.
(d) To use the facilities.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Mr. Solovey's jacket always covered with?

2. What time frame did the author always imagine himself walking through New York in?

3. Why don't the children sleep inside?

4. Why did the author daydream of Mrs. Solovey?

5. What book did Isrolik carry around with him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did the author feel during the summer of his first job?

4. On the day of his confirmation at thirteen, the author discovers something in his study of the Bible. What did he discover?

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

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

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

8. How does the author describe summer in Brownsville?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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