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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 did the author hide under his coat on the way home Passover week?
(a) Packaged white bread.
(b) A bottle of wine.
(c) Packaged matzah.
(d) A jar of pickles.

2. What did the author spend his school days staring at in fear and anxiety?
(a) The clock.
(b) The boy in the second row who would tease him during lunch.
(c) A notebook that sat on the teachers desk.
(d) The ruler that was used to punish the students that hung on the wall.

3. What could you see someone doing into the late hours of dusk in Brownsville?
(a) Someone sifting through garbage.
(b) Boys playing handball.
(c) Someone stealing coal from the cellars.
(d) Someone settling down in an empty alleyway for the night.

4. What street was the author's house on?
(a) Broadview Ave.
(b) Pitkin Street.
(c) Chester Street.
(d) Rockaway Ave.

5. Was the author good at handball?
(a) He was the best in the neighborhood.
(b) Yes.
(c) No.
(d) The book doesn't clarify.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Brownsville, what room of the house was the largest and most important?

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

3. Why did the author play the violin for the barber?

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

5. What did the children buy from the small Italians?

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