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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 did the author rejoice to see in his kitchen?
(a) A sink full of fresh produce.
(b) His dad covered in paint from his first job in some time.
(c) His cousin and her friends sitting at the table.
(d) More customers than his mother had ever had before.

2. Mr. and Mrs. Solovey had children, what were their children?
(a) Two sons.
(b) Three daughters.
(c) A son and two daughters.
(d) Two daughters.

3. What did the author hide under his coat on the way home Passover week?
(a) A bottle of wine.
(b) Packaged white bread.
(c) A jar of pickles.
(d) Packaged matzah.

4. Who was the author's favorite of his Socialist party friends?
(a) Hunchback.
(b) Isrolik.
(c) David.
(d) Ilyich.

5. What political party was said to be unfriendly?
(a) Democrat.
(b) Republican.
(c) Communist.
(d) Socialist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the Rabbi reluctant to do at Mrs. Solovey's funeral?

2. Was the author good at handball?

3. What time frame did the author always imagine himself walking through New York in?

4. Who were the author's friends?

5. What did the author and his mother admire as they walked past Belmont Avenue?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How does the author describe summer in Brownsville?

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

8. 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?

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

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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