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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. Who did the author call "The Chicken Lady?"
(a) Mrs. Rosenthal.
(b) Mrs. Baruch.
(c) Mrs. Deutscher.
(d) Mrs. Klein.

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

3. Who's name was on the sign the boys pasted to the outside wall of a house on Chester Street?
(a) Eddie Cicotte.
(b) Babe Ruth.
(c) Dazzy Vance.
(d) Cy Young.

4. How did the author feel about summertime?
(a) He dreaded it.
(b) He looked forward to it.
(c) He would have rather been in school.
(d) He feared it.

5. How did the author feel it meant to be a Jew?
(a) They were the most choice of people.
(b) They were free in their part of town.
(c) Their very existance was questioned.
(d) They were superior to the other religions.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were the author's friends?

2. Whose house did the author associate with being the furthest from home?

3. What did Mr. Solovey wear that was unusual to the author?

4. Which of the stations is the author's favorite?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What was it about the Solovey's that had the entire neighborhood intrigued?

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

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

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

5. The author and his mother take a day trip to a local attraction. Where did they go and what did they experience?

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

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

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

9. Who were the two colorful women the author remembers in great detail?

10. What are the author's main means of escape in this section?

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