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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. Who's name was on the sign the boys pasted to the outside wall of a house on Chester Street?
(a) Eddie Cicotte.
(b) Babe Ruth.
(c) Cy Young.
(d) Dazzy Vance.

2. What did the women of Brownsville force their children to do?
(a) Shop for dinner.
(b) Stay outside until dinner was ready.
(c) Beat rugs on the stoop.
(d) Eat.

3. How did the Jews greet the Sabbath?
(a) "As a groom."
(b) "As a bride."
(c) "As a ghost."
(d) "As a newborn babe."

4. What is the name of the second road the author mentions?
(a) Market Street.
(b) Pitkin Avenue.
(c) Broadway Street.
(d) Hampton Avenue.

5. When was the author's "great moment" of the Sabbath?
(a) When it was over.
(b) When the prayers were being said.
(c) When his mother placed the challah on the table.
(d) When his father came home.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who did the author say it was good to be back among?

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

4. What was marriage to the author's parents?

5. What word does the author use to describe many of the places in Pages 77-109?

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