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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. How did the author feel about his Hebrew classes?
(a) That he was a leader among his peers.
(b) Confident and secure in his knowledge and faith.
(c) That he was put in the spotlight too often.
(d) That he lacked a genuine understanding of the faith and rituals.

2. What did the author spend his school days staring at in fear and anxiety?
(a) The boy in the second row who would tease him during lunch.
(b) The ruler that was used to punish the students that hung on the wall.
(c) The clock.
(d) A notebook that sat on the teachers desk.

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

4. In front of what building did the author's father meet every Saturday morning?
(a) The delicatessen.
(b) The Municipal Bank.
(c) The hardware store.
(d) The coffee shop.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is seltzer to the poor Jews?

2. What nickname does the author give the second street?

3. What did the women of Brownsville force their children to do?

4. What did the street always smell faintly of?

5. What did the author do every time he walked into the civics teachers classroom?

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