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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 has replaced an entire block of drugstores and candy shops in the neighborhood?
(a) Factories.
(b) Department stores.
(c) Second-hand furniture shops.
(d) Restaurants.

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

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

4. What part of the neighborhood tests the author?
(a) The drugstore where he dropped the sandwich.
(b) The alley where all the boys played handball.
(c) The school yard.
(d) The back wall of the drugstore.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the older neighbor boys do when they came home from work?

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

3. What was marriage to the author's parents?

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

5. What description does the author give Belmont Avenue?

(see the answer key)

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