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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. Where did the author first head when playing follow the leader?
(a) The school yard.
(b) The junkyard.
(c) The quarry.
(d) The drugstore.

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

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

4. What memory is most strong for the author as he walks down Chester Street?
(a) The memory of the mad woman on the block.
(b) The memory of the candy store.
(c) The memory of the sandwich dropping in the dust.
(d) The memories of follow the leader nights.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What political party was said to be unfriendly?

4. What did Mrs. Solovey's coffin look like?

5. What did the author like best about Highland Park Reservoir?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the details the author remembers most about the drugstore?

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

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

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. The Soloveys were a couple no one could figure out. What about their marriage, specifically, was so mysterious?

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

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

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

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

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