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

2. 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 at all.
(c) Do basic math.
(d) Read English.

3. What nickname does the author give the second street?
(a) The "show street."
(b) The "slow street."
(c) The "short street."
(d) The "sweet street."

4. Where does the author believe only truly free people are from?
(a) Poland.
(b) New York City.
(c) Russia.
(d) England.

5. Where was the author's father offered a homestead while he was working for the Union Pacific Railway?
(a) St. Louis.
(b) Omaha.
(c) Colorado.
(d) Dallas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can the author see in every ground floor kitchen window?

2. How did the author describe the Episcopalian church in the neighborhood?

3. The author's childhood school is still standing in the neighborhood, how does the school feel to the author?

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

5. Who is it the author always sees first when he enters Brownsville?

(see the answer key)

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