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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. 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) Shameful for wasting food.
(b) Happy, as the sandwich had a hair in it.
(c) Judged by those who saw him have the accident.
(d) Abandoned by the world.

2. Where did the author first head when playing follow the leader?
(a) The junkyard.
(b) The school yard.
(c) The drugstore.
(d) The quarry.

3. What countries had the Solovey's lived in?
(a) Palestine, England and Africa.
(b) Palestine, France and Italy.
(c) France, Italy and Ireland.
(d) Italy, France and Scotland.

4. What were the author's lasting feelings about his school years?
(a) A lifelong sense of being judged.
(b) A feeling of success.
(c) A feeling of inadequacy.
(d) A hopeful feeling of accomplishment.

5. What was the first restaurant the author ever sat in?
(a) "Adina's Cafe."
(b) The "Coffee Pot."
(c) "Elliott's Deli."
(d) "The Corner Bakery."

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the author feel the only time his favorite food could be eaten in "good conscience"?

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

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

4. Where did the author run away from his father?

5. What did the boy do to win over the neighbor girl's mother?

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