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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. Why did the author play the violin for the barber?
2. What street was the author's house on?
3. What building does the author miss the most, though?
4. What did the author like best about Highland Park Reservoir?
5. What was Mr. Solovey's jacket always covered with?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. Mrs. Solovey commits suicide late in this section and it shocks the neighborhood. Describe what emotions the neighborhood go through towards the Soloveys.
3. What did the second hand furniture shops remind the author of?
4. The author and his mother take a day trip to a local attraction. Where did they go and what did they experience?
5. 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?
6. What was it about the Solovey's that had the entire neighborhood intrigued?
7. The Soloveys were a couple no one could figure out. What about their marriage, specifically, was so mysterious?
8. How did the author feel during the summer of his first job?
9. On the day of his confirmation at thirteen, the author discovers something in his study of the Bible. What did he discover?
10. The author liked to go to the courtyard to hear music, why was there always music in the courtyard?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The last section gives details of relationships the author has with two individuals. What about the "he" is important to the author? What about the "she" he speaks of is significant? How do they solidify his yearnings and his opportunities for "beyond"? What do their involvement in his life make "bearable"?
Essay Topic 2
How do his relationships with the last few people, including his parents, help the author to reach his ultimate goal? What is the author's goal? How does the accomplishment of the goal suggest that the ending of this book isn't an ending but a beginning?
Essay Topic 3
What importance did the Soloveys hold for the author? They had a past and a relationship that was unique, what about those ideas was unique to them? What about Mrs. Solovey was so enticing for the author? What was his made-up name for her and what character from a book did he associate her with? What about Mr. Solovey was important to the author? What connection did they have?
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