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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. How did the author feel about the women who sat around his dinner table on Friday nights?
(a) He got lost in their conversations but still sat there and listened.
(b) They were too noisy and would escape the house.
(c) They were they joy in the home.
(d) He was infatuated with one of them so he would listen in rapture to them.

2. Where was the author's father offered a homestead while he was working for the Union Pacific Railway?
(a) Omaha.
(b) Dallas.
(c) Colorado.
(d) St. Louis.

3. Who was the neighbor girl dating that her mother was ashamed of?
(a) A French boy.
(b) An Irish boy.
(c) An Italian boy.
(d) A Negro boy.

4. What language does the author share with Mrs. Solovey?
(a) Hebrew.
(b) French.
(c) Polish.
(d) Russian.

5. What was the greatest mystery about the Soloveys?
(a) What they fought over.
(b) Where they were originally from.
(c) Why they were living in Brownsville.
(d) Why they moved so much.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What instrument did the author play as a child?

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

4. Where did the author first head when playing follow the leader?

5. Why did the author daydream of Mrs. Solovey?

(see the answer key)

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