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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. When did the author feel the only time his favorite food could be eaten in "good conscience"?
(a) After he finished playing stickball.
(b) Friday night.
(c) On his way home from school.
(d) Saturday night.

2. How did the author secretly think of the synagogue?
(a) He felt more comfortable there than he did at school.
(b) It was a happy place.
(c) He thought it was haunted.
(d) As a mean place.

3. Where was city land all around Brownsville? What were those pieces of land used for?
(a) The neighborhood garden.
(b) Cutting and storing tombstones.
(c) The neighborhood waste site.
(d) A plot of land for squatters to camp.

4. In what battle did the brother of the author's cousin go missing?
(a) The Battle of Tannenberg.
(b) The Bergman Offensive.
(c) The Second Battle of Oituz.
(d) The Battle of Sarikamish.

5. What belief about Jews did the author grow up with?
(a) That they were destined to be propertyless workers.
(b) That they were destined to be leaders of the country.
(c) That they were destined to marry only out of duty.
(d) That they were destined to be bankers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Did the author's mother believe her son's generation would succeed?

2. Who did the author say it was good to be back among?

3. What instrument did the author play as a child?

4. What did Mrs. E do when she abandoned her housework for a half hour every morning?

5. To the author's mother, what was the gateway to romance?

(see the answer key)

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