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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 of the Brooklyn Bridge and drowned in the East River.
(b) She jumped in front of the El train at Rockaway Station.
(c) She jumped from the fire escape.
(d) She sealed the doors and windows and let the gas stove run.

2. How did the author feel about the women who sat around his dinner table on Friday nights?
(a) He got lost in their conversations but still sat there and listened.
(b) They were they joy in the home.
(c) They were too noisy and would escape the house.
(d) He was infatuated with one of them so he would listen in rapture to them.

3. What drove the author's mother to work so hard?
(a) Loneliness.
(b) She felt the women in the neighborhood needed her.
(c) Duty to her husband.
(d) They needed the money.

4. What was the author's favorite delight in all seasons?
(a) Roasted apples from the Jewish vendor.
(b) Food from the delicatessen.
(c) Caramels from the candy store.
(d) Popcorn from the Coney Island dives.

5. What did the women of Brownsville expect to receive from the drugstore owner?
(a) Credit.
(b) Sweets.
(c) Beauty tips.
(d) Free samples.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the author believe only truly free people are from?

2. The author's mother was a hard worker but there was something she couldn't do. What was that one thing?

3. What was all work measured by in the author's childhood home?

4. What emotion does the author speak of in great length in Section 3?

5. Who did the author feel could intercede with God for him?

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