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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 feel about the women who sat around his dinner table on Friday nights?
(a) They were too noisy and would escape the house.
(b) He got lost in their conversations but still sat there and listened.
(c) He was infatuated with one of them so he would listen in rapture to them.
(d) They were they joy in the home.

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

3. Why did the author run?
(a) To be the first to play follow the leader.
(b) To escape the junkyard dogs.
(c) To escape his block.
(d) To train for handball.

4. When the narrative begins, how many years has it been since the author left to live in "the city?"
(a) Five Years.
(b) Thirteen Years.
(c) Three Years.
(d) Ten Years.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the author step off the train when he first enters Brownsville?

2. Why did the author keep going back to the barber shop?

3. What nickname did the author's father give him?

4. What did the author's family regularly do after their Friday night discussions?

5. What time frame did the author always imagine himself walking through New York in?

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