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

2. What time frame did the author always imagine himself walking through New York in?
(a) The 1850's.
(b) The 1880's.
(c) The 1900's.
(d) The 1890's.

3. What did the author want more than anything?
(a) To be a "good Jew."
(b) To be a good handball player.
(c) To be a good son.
(d) To leave Brownsville.

4. How did the author feel about summertime?
(a) He would have rather been in school.
(b) He feared it.
(c) He looked forward to it.
(d) He dreaded it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the fat brother that owned the barber shop put through the delicatessen window?

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

3. What book did Isrolik carry around with him?

4. Who was the author's favorite of his Socialist party friends?

5. Where was the turn off to "all things good" the author's sixteenth summer?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

8. Who were the two colorful women the author remembers in great detail?

9. What did the author do after the other boys had gone inside and why?

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

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