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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the name and nickname of the third street the author mentions in Part 1, pages 30-47?
2. What drove the author's mother to work so hard?
3. What was the author's favorite school experience?
4. Did the author feel he could openly discuss his feelings about God?
5. What physical trait was the author most embarrassed by during his early school years?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who does the demolished part of the author's childhood neighborhood remind the author of and why was she so important to him?
2. What time of day was the loneliest for the author's mother and why? What brought her out of her loneliness?
3. What are some of the memories the author has about his place of worship?
4. There was one topic of discussion on the Sabbath nights that always made the author happy. What was that topic and why?
5. How has the author's childhood neighborhood not changed?
6. Which of the buildings in Brownsville that has been demolished holds the most fond memories for the author and why?
7. Why does the author specifically remember the second street in 'From the Subway to the Synagogue'?
8. What is prohibited on the Jewish Sabbath?
9. During the day the author's home was different than others. How was it different?
10. What kind of geographies does the author describe in the last part of 'From the Subway to the Synagogue'? What do describing these geographies lead to?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In the second section, the author is given a nickname by his father. This nickname deeply affects the author. With specific examples from the text, please describe how it touched the author and how his view of his father changed at that point.
Essay Topic 2
A continuing theme in the book is of light and darkness, both literal and metaphorical. Please give examples from the book how this is portrayed. What other ideas could be connected to the idea of light and dark?
Essay Topic 3
Shame is a recurring theme in the book. Using examples from the book, describe the 2 main causes for the author's shame.
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