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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where were the communist headquarters?
(a) Broadview Street.
(b) Rockaway Avenue.
(c) Pitkin Street.
(d) Thatford Avenue.

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

3. When the author gets off at Fulton Street, how does he feel?
(a) Tranquil.
(b) Anxious.
(c) Stress.
(d) Joyous.

4. Finish this sentence. " The Socialist Party is _______."
(a) The Second Party of Communism.
(b) The Lord's Chosen Way.
(c) The Right Hand of the Devil.
(d) The Third Party of Capitolism.

5. The author needed something urgent at the end of the chapter, The Block and Beyond, Pages 109-131. What did he need?
(a) To see his father.
(b) To use the facilities.
(c) To see his mother.
(d) To say his final goodbyes.

6. What countries had the Solovey's lived in?
(a) Italy, France and Scotland.
(b) Palestine, England and Africa.
(c) France, Italy and Ireland.
(d) Palestine, France and Italy.

7. Mr. and Mrs. Solovey had children, what were their children?
(a) Two daughters.
(b) Three daughters.
(c) Two sons.
(d) A son and two daughters.

8. What was the keyword when referred to Mendy?
(a) Future.
(b) Sellout.
(c) Traitor.
(d) Hero.

9. What could you see someone doing into the late hours of dusk in Brownsville?
(a) Boys playing handball.
(b) Someone sifting through garbage.
(c) Someone stealing coal from the cellars.
(d) Someone settling down in an empty alleyway for the night.

10. Who were the author's friends?
(a) The boys who lived on Pitkin Street.
(b) The characters in the Bible.
(c) The characters from his books.
(d) The boys from his Hebrew classes.

11. What word does the author use to describe many of the places in Pages 77-109?
(a) Lonely.
(b) Alien.
(c) Home.
(d) Beyond.

12. On Fifth Avenue, the author found something he was surprised by. What was it?
(a) A painting of his grandparents.
(b) A painting of his home country.
(c) A painting of a nude woman.
(d) A painting of his mother.

13. How does the author describe David's house?
(a) Poor.
(b) Opulent.
(c) Comfortable.
(d) Naked.

14. When the author read books, he yearned for something. What did he yearn for?
(a) Someone to run with at night.
(b) Someone he could bully around.
(c) Someone to walk to school with.
(d) Someone to be his true friend.

15. What did the author ride from the east side?
(a) The ferry.
(b) The trolley.
(c) The subway.
(d) A taxi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What smells reminded the author of the Brooklyn Bridge?

2. Was the author good at handball?

3. What was the name the author made up for Mrs. Solovey?

4. Why did the author believe the neighborhood madwoman stood on their stoop so long?

5. What name does the author keep calling God?

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