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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, From the Subway to the Synagogue, p. 1 - 30..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of dresses did Mrs. B wear?
(a) Stiff Nun's habits.
(b) Ankle length flowery dresses.
(c) Billowing chiffon dresses.
(d) Plain, old fashioned dressses.

2. When the author discovers a new development in a familiar part of town, he had a particular feeling toward seeing the development. What was the feeling he had?
(a) Anger.
(b) Dismay.
(c) Joy.
(d) Fear.

3. What did the team receive if they won the competition between the "Army Navy" tests the civics teacher gave?
(a) An automatic passing grade on a test.
(b) A blue star.
(c) A gold star.
(d) A free pass to the bathroom.

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

5. What feelings does the author experience when he gets off the train?
(a) No feelings at all.
(b) Hope, lightheartedness and joy.
(c) Fear, loathing, and disgust.
(d) Rage, dread and unexpected tenderness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is it the author always sees first when he enters Brownsville?

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

3. What country did the civics teacher come from?

4. When the narrative begins, how many years has it been since the author left to live in "the city?"

5. Where did the author think he lived as a child?

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