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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Block and Beyond, p. 109 - 131.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was marriage to the author's parents?
(a) An institution.
(b) A whirlwind of emotions.
(c) More joyous than words could express.
(d) A life sentence.

2. Where did the author think he lived as a child?
(a) The end of the world.
(b) The most lonely place in the world.
(c) The place most suited to his family.
(d) The best place a child could grow up.

3. What did Mr. Solovey wear that was unusual to the author?
(a) A wedding band.
(b) Lederhosen.
(c) Patent leather shoes.
(d) A black alpaca trench coat, even in the summer.

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

5. What time frame did the author always imagine himself walking through New York in?
(a) The 1850's.
(b) The 1900's.
(c) The 1880's.
(d) The 1890's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Mr. Solovey's jacket always covered with?

2. On Fifth Avenue, the author found something he was surprised by. What was it?

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

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

5. When the author was a young man, who did he think about after he turned the light out at night?

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