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

2. What did the three dressmakers and the author's mother speak of that made the author upset?
(a) Politics.
(b) Love.
(c) The war.
(d) Home.

3. 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?
(a) Anger.
(b) Joy.
(c) Dismay.
(d) Fear.

4. What did the big Italians sell and during what time?
(a) Baked apples during the fall.
(b) Yogurt during the spring.
(c) Roasted nuts during the winter.
(d) Watermelons during the summer.

5. What instrument did the author play as a child?
(a) The trumpet.
(b) The violin.
(c) The piano.
(d) The clarinet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who inspired the teaching style and curriculum of the author's civics teacher?

2. What emotion does the author speak of in great length in Section 3?

3. When the narrative begins, how many years has it been since the author left to live in "the city?"

4. What was the author listening to when he last saw his childhood kitchen?

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

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