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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, From the Subway to the Synagogue, p. 30 - 47.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did the author feel the only time his favorite food could be eaten in "good conscience"?
(a) Friday night.
(b) On his way home from school.
(c) Saturday night.
(d) After he finished playing stickball.

3. What did the children buy from the small Italians?
(a) Strawberries.
(b) Sodas.
(c) Pasta.
(d) Shaved Ice.

4. 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.

5. What did the author always have in his hands when he was waiting fort the girl by the junkyard?
(a) His prayer book.
(b) His baseball mitt.
(c) His little red books.
(d) His lucky penny.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What nickname does the author give the second street?

3. Where did the civics teacher stand during the tests he gave?

4. What is the name and nickname of the third street the author mentions in Part 1, pages 30-47?

5. What did the women of Brownsville force their children to do?

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