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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 don't the children sleep inside?
2. What hadn't the author learned yet when he had the discussion in a foreign language with Mrs. Solovey?
3. Where did the author first head when playing follow the leader?
4. What name does the author keep calling God?
5. What was the author's first idea of summer?
Short Essay Questions
1. Mr. Solovey wasn't the most likable person in the neighborhood. What didn't people like about him?
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. 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?
4. 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?
5. What are the details the author remembers most about the drugstore?
6. Who were the two colorful women the author remembers in great detail?
7. The author read from his prayer book every morning. What were his feelings and experiences?
8. What are the author's main means of escape in this section?
9. The Soloveys were a couple no one could figure out. What about their marriage, specifically, was so mysterious?
10. How did the author feel during the summer of his first job?
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
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
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"?
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