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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 women of Brownsville force their children to do?
(a) Stay outside until dinner was ready.
(b) Shop for dinner.
(c) Eat.
(d) Beat rugs on the stoop.

2. How did the author's parents feel of his generation?
(a) They were careless.
(b) They were foolish.
(c) They were too frivolous.
(d) They were free.

3. What was the author listening to when he last saw his childhood kitchen?
(a) His parents fight over money.
(b) The sound of children happily playing in the streets before suppertime.
(c) The first Sabbath services from Belsen concentration camp.
(d) The announcement of Dwight D. Eisenhower's election as president.

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

5. What kind of coat did Mr. Solovey wear?
(a) Wool.
(b) Trench.
(c) Alpaca.
(d) Cashmere.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What was the author afraid of?

5. What would the author skip pages of his favorite book to read?

(see the answer key)

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