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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. Was Mr. Solovey a friendly man?
(a) No.
(b) He was friendly when he wasn't in the drugstore.
(c) He was friendly when he was in the drugstore.
(d) Yes.

2. When the author read books, he yearned for something. What did he yearn for?
(a) Someone to be his true friend.
(b) Someone to walk to school with.
(c) Someone to run with at night.
(d) Someone he could bully around.

3. What happened to Mr. Solovey's business?
(a) It was bought by a chain.
(b) It was robbed.
(c) It burned down.
(d) It went bankrupt.

4. How did Mrs. Solovey commit suicide?
(a) She jumped of the Brooklyn Bridge and drowned in the East River.
(b) She jumped in front of the El train at Rockaway Station.
(c) She sealed the doors and windows and let the gas stove run.
(d) She jumped from the fire escape.

5. Who never looked anyone in the face?
(a) David.
(b) The Hunchback.
(c) The author.
(d) Isrolik.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did the author listen to the singers?

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

4. What emotion did the author feel when he was working during his sixteenth summer?

5. What building does the author miss the most, though?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe summer in Brownsville?

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

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

4. 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?

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

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

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