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

2. What does the author connect New York rush hour with from his childhood?
(a) The hour the town slept.
(b) The hour before supper.
(c) The hour the women worked frantically.
(d) The hour that moved the slowest.

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

4. What did the children buy from the Syrian vendors?
(a) Halvah.
(b) Manoushah.
(c) Couscous.
(d) Yaknit al-kama.

5. What was all work measured by in the author's childhood home?
(a) The perfect skill with which it was completed.
(b) The length of a job.
(c) The look on mother's face when she saw the job.
(d) The approval of peers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the era in which the author's childhood took place?

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

3. The author didn't associate his school years with learning, what did he associate them with?

4. What were the author's lasting feelings about his school years?

5. Where did the author run away from his father?

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