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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 book was the author always reading on his job?
2. What language does the author share with Mrs. Solovey?
3. Why don't the children sleep inside?
4. During the summer, children sleep somewhere other than their beds in Brownsville. Where do they sleep?
5. What made Mrs. Solovey leave the author's house?
Short Essay Questions
1. Mrs. Solovey commits suicide late in this section and it shocks the neighborhood. Describe what emotions the neighborhood go through towards the Soloveys.
2. The author and his mother take a day trip to a local attraction. Where did they go and what did they experience?
3. How does the author describe summer in Brownsville?
4. What was it about the Solovey's that had the entire neighborhood intrigued?
5. The author liked to go to the courtyard to hear music, why was there always music in the courtyard?
6. Mr. Solovey wasn't the most likable person in the neighborhood. What didn't people like about him?
7. 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?
8. The author read from his prayer book every morning. What were his feelings and experiences?
9. What are the details the author remembers most about the drugstore?
10. When the author went to visit a friend in New York who lived in a brownstone, what did he discover?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
During the summer of his 16th year, the author joins a group with Socialist ties. What does the author feel his connection to the Socialist group is? His parents were of the Socialist influence, was that his draw to the party or did he truly believe the party would make what was wrong in his world right?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Who does the author discover in the last section that makes the most impact on him? How does the author's discovery of this person lead him to even stronger feelings of "beyond' being attainable?
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