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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 is the era in which the author's childhood took place?
(a) World War One.
(b) The Great Depression.
(c) World War Two.
(d) The 1920's.

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

3. The author's childhood school is still standing in the neighborhood, how does the school feel to the author?
(a) Like a castle.
(b) Like a hospital.
(c) Like home.
(d) Cold and damp.

4. What did the author always have in his hands when he was waiting fort the girl by the junkyard?
(a) His prayer book.
(b) His little red books.
(c) His lucky penny.
(d) His baseball mitt.

5. Where does the author step off the train when he first enters Brownsville?
(a) Main Street.
(b) 35th Street.
(c) Broadview Avenue.
(d) Rockaway Avenue.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is seltzer to the poor Jews?

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

5. What can the author see in every ground floor kitchen window?

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