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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) Billowing chiffon dresses.
(b) Plain, old fashioned dressses.
(c) Ankle length flowery dresses.
(d) Stiff Nun's habits.

2. What did the author do every time he walked into the civics teachers classroom?
(a) Made a bee-line for his seat.
(b) Looked for the girl with the red hair.
(c) Made sure there wasn't "pop quiz" written on the board.
(d) Looked for his name on the blue chart.

3. What physical trait was the author most embarrassed by during his early school years?
(a) His limp.
(b) His birthmark.
(c) His stammer.
(d) His religion.

4. 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) Fear.
(b) Dismay.
(c) Joy.
(d) Anger.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the author spend his school days staring at in fear and anxiety?

3. What is seltzer to the poor Jews?

4. What did the author always have in his hands when he was waiting fort the girl by the junkyard?

5. What feelings does the author experience when he gets off the train?

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