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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 Mr. Solovey's jacket always covered with?
(a) Cigarette ash.
(b) Face powder.
(c) Dandruff.
(d) Hair.

2. Who did the author's father meet?
(a) Fellow freelance painters.
(b) Fellow freelance writers.
(c) Fellow freelance artists.
(d) Fellow freelance musicians.

3. Who's name was on the sign the boys pasted to the outside wall of a house on Chester Street?
(a) Eddie Cicotte.
(b) Cy Young.
(c) Babe Ruth.
(d) Dazzy Vance.

4. What let the author know how he felt after he read his prayer book?
(a) By the thoughts he had the rest of the day.
(b) By the song in his head.
(c) By the discussions he had with his mother.
(d) By the feeling in his chest.

5. What did the author hide under his coat on the way home Passover week?
(a) A bottle of wine.
(b) A jar of pickles.
(c) Packaged matzah.
(d) Packaged white bread.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who could the author hear crying in the streets at night as a child?

2. Who was the neighbor girl dating that her mother was ashamed of?

3. What did the women of Brownsville expect to receive from the drugstore owner?

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

5. At what age are Jewish boys "confirmed?"

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