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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 still lines Belmont Avenue that was there during the author's childhood?
(a) Sewage.
(b) Garbage.
(c) Pots of flowers.
(d) Pushcarts.

2. What hadn't the author learned yet when he had the discussion in a foreign language with Mrs. Solovey?
(a) Reular verbs.
(b) Equatives.
(c) Irregular verbs.
(d) Conjugated verbs.

3. In Brownsville, what room of the house was the largest and most important?
(a) The living room.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) The entry hall.
(d) The bathroom.

4. What did the Jews of Brownsville think of someone "going their own way" or not following tradition?
(a) It was unthinkable.
(b) It was courageous.
(c) It was radical.
(d) It wasn't done.

5. What smells reminded the author of the Brooklyn Bridge?
(a) Urine, sweat and oil.
(b) Bleach, ground coffee and spices,
(c) Tar, ground coffee and soap.
(d) Ground coffee, spices and paint.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the author believe only truly free people are from?

2. During his childhood subway train rides to "the city," what told the author that he was on his last leg home?

3. What description does the author give Belmont Avenue?

4. When was the author's "great moment" of the Sabbath?

5. What did the children buy from the small Italians?

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