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

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

3. What building does the author miss the most, though?
(a) The drugstore.
(b) The fabric shop.
(c) The hardware store.
(d) The candy shop.

4. Who inspired the teaching style and curriculum of the author's civics teacher?
(a) Herbert Hoover.
(b) Theodore Roosevelt.
(c) Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
(d) Calvin Coolidge.

5. Which of the stations is the author's favorite?
(a) The El.
(b) Bedford Park Station.
(c) Rockaway Station.
(d) Union Station.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mr. Solovey wear that was unusual to the author?

2. What did the street always smell faintly of?

3. What did the author's family regularly do after their Friday night discussions?

4. What language was commonly used in the author's neighborhood?

5. What is seltzer to the poor Jews?

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