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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. What description does the author give Belmont Avenue?
(a) The "loudest street in Brownsville."
(b) The "loneliest street in Brownsville."
(c) The "merriest street in Brownsville."
(d) The "brightest street in Brownsville."

2. What was the author's favorite school experience?
(a) Visiting the assembly hall.
(b) Saying the pledge of allegiance.
(c) Walking past the girls' bathroom.
(d) His weekly visits with the speech pathologist.

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

4. What is the name and nickname of the third street the author mentions in Part 1, pages 30-47?
(a) Hampton Street, the playground.
(b) Broadview Avenue, the lonely street.
(c) Chester Street, the way home.
(d) Roosevelt Avenue, the wealthy street.

5. What did the big Italians sell and during what time?
(a) Roasted nuts during the winter.
(b) Baked apples during the fall.
(c) Watermelons during the summer.
(d) Yogurt during the spring.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the older neighbor boys do when they came home from work?

2. What time of day is the mind's "grazing time?"

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

4. What did the author hide under his coat on the way home Passover week?

5. What has replaced an entire block of drugstores and candy shops in the neighborhood?

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