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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Kitchen, p. 51 - 73.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What country did the civics teacher come from?
(a) England.
(b) Poland.
(c) Germany.
(d) Ireland.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The author's mother was a hard worker but there was something she couldn't do. What was that one thing?

2. What did the author's mother do to remember her parent's deaths?

3. Where does the author step off the train when he first enters Brownsville?

4. What political way of thinking did the author's parents practice?

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

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