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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. When was the author's "great moment" of the Sabbath?
(a) When it was over.
(b) When his father came home.
(c) When the prayers were being said.
(d) When his mother placed the challah on the table.

2. How did the author feel about being confirmed?
(a) He was positive it was what he wanted to do.
(b) He did it for his mother and out of tradition.
(c) He did it for the gifts.
(d) He did it out of peer pressure.

3. How did the author describe the Episcopalian church in the neighborhood?
(a) Daunting.
(b) Romantic and ethereal.
(c) Quite plain.
(d) Rundown.

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

5. What description does the author give Belmont Avenue?
(a) The "loudest street in Brownsville."
(b) The "merriest street in Brownsville."
(c) The "brightest street in Brownsville."
(d) The "loneliest street in Brownsville."

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the stations is the author's favorite?

2. What did the author think about museums and parks?

3. Why did the author play the violin for the barber?

4. When the author discovers a new development in a familiar part of town, he had a particular feeling toward seeing the development. What was the feeling he had?

5. How did the author feel when he walked into his synagogue?

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