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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. The author preferred the movie house over the synagogue, why did he favor the movie house?
(a) They sold popcorn and other wonderful treats.
(b) He could escape his parents there.
(c) It was cool there during the summer, it was the only place that stayed cool.
(d) There was nothing there to remind him of Brownsville.

2. What did the Jewish vendors sell roasted potatoes, baked apples and knishes from?
(a) A shiny metal cart.
(b) A tin stove.
(c) A wood cart.
(d) A black oil barrel.

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

4. What is the name of the second road the author mentions?
(a) Market Street.
(b) Pitkin Avenue.
(c) Hampton Avenue.
(d) Broadway Street.

5. What was marriage to the author's parents?
(a) An institution.
(b) More joyous than words could express.
(c) A life sentence.
(d) A whirlwind of emotions.

Short Answer Questions

1. During his childhood subway train rides to "the city," what told the author that he was on his last leg home?

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

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

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

5. Where did the author think he lived as a child?

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