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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Block and Beyond, p. 77 - 109.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the author want more than anything?
(a) To leave Brownsville.
(b) To be a "good Jew."
(c) To be a good son.
(d) To be a good handball player.

2. What did the children buy from the small Italians?
(a) Strawberries.
(b) Shaved Ice.
(c) Sodas.
(d) Pasta.

3. What time of day is the mind's "grazing time?"
(a) Bedtime.
(b) Dinner time.
(c) Twilight.
(d) The time between dinner and bedtime in which only relaxing was done.

4. Why did the author play the violin for the barber?
(a) So he could learn how to become a barber.
(b) So he could listen to the old men talk politics.
(c) So he could read the racy news magazines.
(d) So he could get free haircuts.

5. How did the author's parents feel of his generation?
(a) They were too frivolous.
(b) They were foolish.
(c) They were free.
(d) They were careless.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the author first head when playing follow the leader?

2. What did the author spend his school days staring at in fear and anxiety?

3. What is the era in which the author's childhood took place?

4. How did the author describe the Episcopalian church in the neighborhood?

5. What description does the author give Belmont Avenue?

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