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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. The author stopped at the neighborhood drugstore to have lunch one day. While eating his sandwich, some of it fell into a pile of dust. How did this make the author feel?
(a) Abandoned by the world.
(b) Shameful for wasting food.
(c) Judged by those who saw him have the accident.
(d) Happy, as the sandwich had a hair in it.

2. When was the Sabbath extra special for the author?
(a) When his cousin had friends over for dinner.
(b) When he was too sick to go to the synagogue.
(c) When his mother made his favorite dish of chicken and dumpling soup.
(d) When his mother was too sick to go to the synagogue.

3. What kind of dresses did Mrs. B wear?
(a) Plain, old fashioned dressses.
(b) Billowing chiffon dresses.
(c) Stiff Nun's habits.
(d) Ankle length flowery dresses.

4. Why did the author believe the neighborhood madwoman stood on their stoop so long?
(a) Because she knew she would get more to put in her cart the longer she stayed.
(b) Because she would forget where to go after his house.
(c) Because the only person she could relate with was his mother.
(d) Because she knew he liked to watch her.

5. In front of what building did the author's father meet every Saturday morning?
(a) The delicatessen.
(b) The coffee shop.
(c) The Municipal Bank.
(d) The hardware store.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the second road the author mentions?

2. The author likened his parents and himself to something rather simple. What did he liken them to?

3. What did the Jews of Brownsville think of someone "going their own way" or not following tradition?

4. What physical trait was the author most embarrassed by during his early school years?

5. Did the author's mother believe her son's generation would succeed?

(see the answer key)

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