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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. Why did the C.P. Organizer say the author couldn't join the Socialist party?
(a) Because he couldn't pay the registration fee.
(b) Because he was a student.
(c) Because he was Russian.
(d) Because he was a Jew.

2. What was Mr. Solovey's jacket always covered with?
(a) Face powder.
(b) Dandruff.
(c) Cigarette ash.
(d) Hair.

3. What did the author experience when reading the words of the little blue book?
(a) The turn of every page was a labored effort.
(b) Words so descriptive he could sense what was happening in the book.
(c) His felt his soul die. He felt too much guilt.
(d) He had an moment of enlightenment.

4. What smells reminded the author of the Brooklyn Bridge?
(a) Ground coffee, spices and paint.
(b) Bleach, ground coffee and spices,
(c) Tar, ground coffee and soap.
(d) Urine, sweat and oil.

5. Who were the author's friends?
(a) The boys from his Hebrew classes.
(b) The characters from his books.
(c) The characters in the Bible.
(d) The boys who lived on Pitkin Street.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book was the author always reading on his job?

2. Why did the author believe the neighborhood madwoman stood on their stoop so long?

3. How does the author describe David's house?

4. How did the author feel it meant to be a Jew?

5. Who never looked anyone in the face?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

5. 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?

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 spend much of his time doing when he wasn't reading or in school?

8. What was the reaction of the person who read the author's final high school paper?

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

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

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