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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. Who inspired the teaching style and curriculum of the author's civics teacher?
(a) Herbert Hoover.
(b) Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
(c) Calvin Coolidge.
(d) Theodore Roosevelt.

2. What can the author see in every ground floor kitchen window?
(a) Pies cooling for dessert.
(b) Lemonade and jam.
(c) Jars of beans and fresh herbs.
(d) Containers of milk and fresh poppy seed rolls.

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

4. The author didn't associate his school years with learning, what did he associate them with?
(a) Proving the teachers wrong.
(b) Chasing the girls in the school yard.
(c) Building good character.
(d) Avoiding the bullies who tortured him daily.

5. During his childhood subway train rides to "the city," what told the author that he was on his last leg home?
(a) The east and west side express lane junctions.
(b) The Borough Hall Station.
(c) The East River.
(d) The Brooklyn-Clark Station.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What country did the civics teacher come from?

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

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?

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

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