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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. What did the older neighbor boys do when they came home from work?
(a) Call on the author's cousin.
(b) Play instruments out on the street.
(c) Released pigeons.
(d) Go out for a drink.

2. What hadn't the author learned yet when he had the discussion in a foreign language with Mrs. Solovey?
(a) Equatives.
(b) Conjugated verbs.
(c) Irregular verbs.
(d) Reular verbs.

3. The author preferred the movie house over the synagogue, why did he favor the movie house?
(a) There was nothing there to remind him of Brownsville.
(b) He could escape his parents there.
(c) They sold popcorn and other wonderful treats.
(d) It was cool there during the summer, it was the only place that stayed cool.

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

5. What did the Jews of Brownsville think of someone "going their own way" or not following tradition?
(a) It wasn't done.
(b) It was radical.
(c) It was unthinkable.
(d) It was courageous.

Short Answer Questions

1. What countries had the Solovey's lived in?

2. Who were the author's friends?

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

4. What language does the author share with Mrs. Solovey?

5. At what age are Jewish boys "confirmed?"

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