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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 did the team receive if they won the competition between the "Army Navy" tests the civics teacher gave?
(a) A blue star.
(b) A gold star.
(c) An automatic passing grade on a test.
(d) A free pass to the bathroom.

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

3. What trait did the author's mother posses that she was most ashamed of?
(a) She had a large scar on her hand.
(b) She was superstitious.
(c) She couldn't speak English.
(d) She had a limp on her right side.

4. What would the author skip pages of his favorite book to read?
(a) The description of the ship the immigrants came across the ocean on.
(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 characters eating black bread, salt and tomatoes.

5. How did the author's parents feel of his generation?
(a) They were free.
(b) They were too frivolous.
(c) They were foolish.
(d) They were careless.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the author feel about his Hebrew classes?

2. What drove the author's mother to work so hard?

3. How did the author feel about the women who sat around his dinner table on Friday nights?

4. How did the author secretly think of the synagogue?

5. What time of day is the mind's "grazing time?"

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