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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. Where did the author stop his nightly runs around the block during summertime?
(a) The drugstore.
(b) The Rylots.
(c) The candy store.
(d) The Soloveys.

2. Was Mr. Solovey a friendly man?
(a) No.
(b) He was friendly when he wasn't in the drugstore.
(c) He was friendly when he was in the drugstore.
(d) Yes.

3. When the author was a young man, who did he think about after he turned the light out at night?
(a) Blumka.
(b) Mrs. Rylot.
(c) Mrs. Solovey.
(d) The Polish Broads.

4. What did the author's mother do to remember her parent's deaths?
(a) She lit the mourning candle twice a year.
(b) She sat around and told stories of her parents to her friends.
(c) She went dancing, her parents favorite thing to do together.
(d) She went to the cemetary where they were buried and laid flowers at their graves.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What description does the author give Belmont Avenue?

2. What book did Mrs. Solovey take the author back to?

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

4. When was the author's "great moment" of the Sabbath?

5. What does the author connect New York rush hour with from his childhood?

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