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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 can the author see in every ground floor kitchen window?
(a) Lemonade and jam.
(b) Containers of milk and fresh poppy seed rolls.
(c) Pies cooling for dessert.
(d) Jars of beans and fresh herbs.

2. Where does the author step off the train when he first enters Brownsville?
(a) Rockaway Avenue.
(b) Broadview Avenue.
(c) Main Street.
(d) 35th Street.

3. What would the author skip pages of his favorite book to read?
(a) The description of the characters eating black bread, salt and tomatoes.
(b) The description of the mountainous terrain the characters lived in.
(c) The description of the homestead the characters were building.
(d) The description of the ship the immigrants came across the ocean on.

4. What did the author's mother do out of loneliness every evening?
(a) She would cry silently at her sewing machine.
(b) She would stare out at the street.
(c) She would read from her parent's memoirs.
(d) She would cry silently at the sink while she washed dishes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the author's "great moment" of the Sabbath?

2. The author stopped at the neighborhood drugstore to have lunch one day. While eating his sandwich, some of it fell into a pile of dust. How did this make the author feel?

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

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

5. In Brownsville, what room of the house was the largest and most important?

(see the answer key)

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