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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. How did the Jews greet the Sabbath?
(a) "As a ghost."
(b) "As a bride."
(c) "As a groom."
(d) "As a newborn babe."

2. Where did the author run away from his father?
(a) The Abraham and Straus Store.
(b) Prospect Park.
(c) Atlantic Avenue.
(d) Grand Army Plaza.

3. Who is it the author always sees first when he enters Brownsville?
(a) The Negroes.
(b) The children.
(c) The old women.
(d) The subway guard.

4. What political way of thinking did the author's parents practice?
(a) Republican.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Socialism.
(d) Marxism.

5. What drove the author's mother to work so hard?
(a) She felt the women in the neighborhood needed her.
(b) Duty to her husband.
(c) They needed the money.
(d) Loneliness.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what age are Jewish boys "confirmed?"

2. What was the author's favorite school experience?

3. What did the author do every time he walked into the civics teachers classroom?

4. What was the author listening to when he last saw his childhood kitchen?

5. How did the author secretly think of the synagogue?

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