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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 is seltzer to the poor Jews?
2. The author stopped at the neighborhood drugstore to have lunch one day. While eating his sandwich, some of it fell into a pile of dust. How did this make the author feel?
3. What is the era in which the author's childhood took place?
4. What political way of thinking did the author's parents practice?
5. What did the older neighbor boys do when they came home from work?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are some of the memories the author has about his place of worship?
2. What is the nickname the author's father gave him? What is the meaning of the nickname and did the author like his nickname?
3. The author's mother was a dressmaker. What was her process of creation?
4. How has the author's childhood neighborhood not changed?
5. The author liked to go to his cousin's room right before supper. What did he like to do while he was in there?
6. How does the author describe the Episcopalian church in his childhood neighborhood?
7. What was the best part of the author's school experience and why?
8. Describe what happened at the drugstore after the author's childhood therapy session.
9. Why does the author specifically remember the second street in 'From the Subway to the Synagogue'?
10. Twice a year, the author's mother would mourn her parent's deaths. What other significance did his mother's mourning hold for the author?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The author felt the most joy in a place where he felt the most uncomfortable. Explore the idea of the author's constant struggle with feeling like an outsider or an alien.
Essay Topic 2
Shame is a recurring theme in the book. Using examples from the book, describe the 2 main causes for the author's shame.
Essay Topic 3
During the Jewish Sabbath the author's mother and the three dressmakers talk of their home and the traditions. What key elements of home do the women discuss and how did those elements differ from the modern society? When the three dressmakers talk of their "freedom" from the traditions of the neighborhood, what are they talking about? What emotion are they searching for and why do the author's parents feel this is an unattainable goal?
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