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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the summer, children sleep somewhere other than their beds in Brownsville. Where do they sleep?
(a) The fire escapes.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) The front porch.
(d) The living room.

2. What did the author experience when reading the words of the little blue book?
(a) Words so descriptive he could sense what was happening in the book.
(b) The turn of every page was a labored effort.
(c) He had an moment of enlightenment.
(d) His felt his soul die. He felt too much guilt.

3. Why did the author keep going back to the barber shop?
(a) To hear the latest political discussions.
(b) To take lessons from the barber.
(c) To read the newspapers from New York.
(d) To look at two pictures from the first world war.

4. What hadn't the author learned yet when he had the discussion in a foreign language with Mrs. Solovey?
(a) Conjugated verbs.
(b) Irregular verbs.
(c) Equatives.
(d) Reular verbs.

5. What language does the author share with Mrs. Solovey?
(a) French.
(b) Polish.
(c) Hebrew.
(d) Russian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book did Mrs. Solovey take the author back to?

2. Something frightening happened to the author when we went to get coal one winter day -- what was it?

3. What did the author hide under his coat on the way home Passover week?

4. What language was commonly used in the author's neighborhood?

5. What did the fat brother that owned the barber shop put through the delicatessen window?

Short Essay Questions

1. The author gave Mrs. Solovey an alternative name -- what was the name and why did he give it to her?

2. There were many things the author liked about David's home. What was the one thing that truly made the house stand out to him?

3. The Soloveys were a couple no one could figure out. What about their marriage, specifically, was so mysterious?

4. Who were the two colorful women the author remembers in great detail?

5. The author read from his prayer book every morning. What were his feelings and experiences?

6. What led the author to fantasize about Mrs. Solovey every night before bed?

7. What did the author do after the other boys had gone inside and why?

8. Why is the idea of "beyond' so important to the author?

9. On the day of his confirmation at thirteen, the author discovers something in his study of the Bible. What did he discover?

10. What are the details the author remembers most about the drugstore?

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