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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Block and Beyond, p. 77 - 109.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What trait did the author's mother posses that she was most ashamed of?
(a) She couldn't speak English.
(b) She had a large scar on her hand.
(c) She had a limp on her right side.
(d) She was superstitious.

3. Where did the author run away from his father?
(a) Atlantic Avenue.
(b) Grand Army Plaza.
(c) The Abraham and Straus Store.
(d) Prospect Park.

4. Why did the author keep going back to the barber shop?
(a) To take lessons from the barber.
(b) To hear the latest political discussions.
(c) To look at two pictures from the first world war.
(d) To read the newspapers from New York.

5. When the author discovers a new development in a familiar part of town, he had a particular feeling toward seeing the development. What was the feeling he had?
(a) Fear.
(b) Dismay.
(c) Anger.
(d) Joy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the author believe the neighborhood madwoman stood on their stoop so long?

2. When the author played handball, was it for fun?

3. What did the author want more than anything?

4. What kind of books did the author go to his cousin's room to read?

5. What is the era in which the author's childhood took place?

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