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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. What kind of look did New York City have during the summer nights?
(a) A mysterious look.
(b) A coarse look.
(c) An unstitched look.
(d) An ethereal look.

2. What was the first restaurant the author ever sat in?
(a) "Elliott's Deli."
(b) "The Corner Bakery."
(c) "Adina's Cafe."
(d) The "Coffee Pot."

3. Finish this sentence. " The Socialist Party is _______."
(a) The Right Hand of the Devil.
(b) The Lord's Chosen Way.
(c) The Third Party of Capitolism.
(d) The Second Party of Communism.

4. Who was the neighbor girl dating that her mother was ashamed of?
(a) A Negro boy.
(b) A French boy.
(c) An Italian boy.
(d) An Irish boy.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who's name was on the sign the boys pasted to the outside wall of a house on Chester Street?

3. What let the author know how he felt after he read his prayer book?

4. What word does the author use to describe many of the places in Pages 77-109?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. The author read from his prayer book every morning. What were his feelings and experiences?

3. How does the author describe summer in Brownsville?

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

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

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

7. What led the author to fantasize about Mrs. Solovey every night before bed?

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

9. During the summer nights in Brownsville, many groups met to have meetings on the streets. What were some of those groups and what were their causes?

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

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