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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. 30 - 47.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the big Italians sell and during what time?
(a) Roasted nuts during the winter.
(b) Watermelons during the summer.
(c) Yogurt during the spring.
(d) Baked apples during the fall.

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

3. Who did the author's father meet?
(a) Fellow freelance artists.
(b) Fellow freelance painters.
(c) Fellow freelance writers.
(d) Fellow freelance musicians.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In front of what building did the author's father meet every Saturday morning?

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

4. What did the street always smell faintly of?

5. What nickname did the author's father give him?

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