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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Block and Beyond, p. 109 - 131.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Mrs. Solovey commit suicide?
(a) She jumped from the fire escape.
(b) She jumped in front of the El train at Rockaway Station.
(c) She jumped of the Brooklyn Bridge and drowned in the East River.
(d) She sealed the doors and windows and let the gas stove run.

2. The author likened his parents and himself to something rather simple. What did he liken them to?
(a) A soup pot.
(b) Kindling.
(c) A fence post.
(d) A ladle.

3. What was the author afraid of?
(a) The principal.
(b) The barber.
(c) The cellar.
(d) The "chicken lady."

4. What building does the author miss the most, though?
(a) The drugstore.
(b) The hardware store.
(c) The candy shop.
(d) The fabric shop.

5. What political way of thinking did the author's parents practice?
(a) Democracy.
(b) Marxism.
(c) Republican.
(d) Socialism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the three dressmakers and the author's mother speak of that made the author upset?

2. Where did the author stop his nightly runs around the block during summertime?

3. What belief about Jews did the author grow up with?

4. What time of day is the mind's "grazing time?"

5. How did the Jews greet the Sabbath?

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