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

2. How did the author feel when he walked into his synagogue?
(a) Sad.
(b) At home.
(c) Alien.
(d) Numb.

3. The author's mother was a hard worker but there was something she couldn't do. What was that one thing?
(a) Work the victrola.
(b) Read English.
(c) Do basic math.
(d) Read at all.

4. What did the author always have in his hands when he was waiting fort the girl by the junkyard?
(a) His prayer book.
(b) His lucky penny.
(c) His baseball mitt.
(d) His little red books.

5. What did the Jews of Brownsville think of someone "going their own way" or not following tradition?
(a) It was radical.
(b) It was unthinkable.
(c) It wasn't done.
(d) It was courageous.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the author's parents feel of his generation?

2. Where did the author run away from his father?

3. What feelings does the author experience when he gets off the train?

4. What political way of thinking did the author's parents practice?

5. What did the author spend his school days staring at in fear and anxiety?

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