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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. What is the name and nickname of the third street the author mentions in Part 1, pages 30-47?
(a) Broadview Avenue, the lonely street.
(b) Chester Street, the way home.
(c) Roosevelt Avenue, the wealthy street.
(d) Hampton Street, the playground.

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

3. What feelings does the author experience when he gets off the train?
(a) Hope, lightheartedness and joy.
(b) Fear, loathing, and disgust.
(c) Rage, dread and unexpected tenderness.
(d) No feelings at all.

4. Did the author's mother believe her son's generation would succeed?
(a) She felt that Socialism would lead everyone to succeed.
(b) No.
(c) She thought that if they didn't follow the traditions, they would fail.
(d) Yes.

5. How did the Jews greet the Sabbath?
(a) "As a groom."
(b) "As a ghost."
(c) "As a bride."
(d) "As a newborn babe."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is it the author always sees first when he enters Brownsville?

2. The author preferred the movie house over the synagogue, why did he favor the movie house?

3. Who did the author say it was good to be back among?

4. What did the three dressmakers and the author's mother speak of that made the author upset?

5. What did the Jews of Brownsville think of someone "going their own way" or not following tradition?

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