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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. Where did the author think he lived as a child?
(a) The best place a child could grow up.
(b) The end of the world.
(c) The place most suited to his family.
(d) The most lonely place in the world.

2. What is seltzer to the poor Jews?
(a) Used as a medicine.
(b) A luxury.
(c) Something only the wealthy could acquire.
(d) Worse than their drinking water.

3. Where did the civics teacher stand during the tests he gave?
(a) Behind his desk.
(b) In the middle of the classroom.
(c) Outside the door.
(d) At the back of the classroom.

4. Where was city land all around Brownsville? What were those pieces of land used for?
(a) The neighborhood waste site.
(b) Cutting and storing tombstones.
(c) The neighborhood garden.
(d) A plot of land for squatters to camp.

5. What was the author's favorite school experience?
(a) Visiting the assembly hall.
(b) His weekly visits with the speech pathologist.
(c) Walking past the girls' bathroom.
(d) Saying the pledge of allegiance daily.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the era in which the author's childhood took place?

2. What did the team receive if they won the competition between the "Army Navy" tests the civics teacher gave?

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

4. Who was Mrs. B said to have physical relations with?

5. What was the author's favorite school experience?

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