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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 was all work measured by in the author's childhood home?
(a) The look on mother's face when she saw the job.
(b) The length of a job.
(c) The approval of peers.
(d) The perfect skill with which it was completed.

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

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

5. Who was Mrs. B said to have physical relations with?
(a) The math teacher.
(b) The physical education teacher.
(c) The principal.
(d) The English teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would the author skip pages of his favorite book to read?

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

3. In what battle did the brother of the author's cousin go missing?

4. What did the Jewish vendors sell roasted potatoes, baked apples and knishes from?

5. What physical trait was the author most embarrassed by during his early school years?

(see the answer key)

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