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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 description does the author give Belmont Avenue?
(a) The "loudest street in Brownsville."
(b) The "brightest street in Brownsville."
(c) The "merriest street in Brownsville."
(d) The "loneliest street in Brownsville."

2. How did the author feel about being confirmed?
(a) He was positive it was what he wanted to do.
(b) He did it for the gifts.
(c) He did it out of peer pressure.
(d) He did it for his mother and out of tradition.

3. What were the author's lasting feelings about his school years?
(a) A feeling of inadequacy.
(b) A feeling of success.
(c) A lifelong sense of being judged.
(d) A hopeful feeling of accomplishment.

4. Who did the author feel could intercede with God for him?
(a) The Biblical Deborah.
(b) His Rabbi.
(c) His mother.
(d) His father.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the author secretly think of the synagogue?

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

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

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?

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

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