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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Block and Beyond, p. 77 - 109.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the author describe the Episcopalian church in the neighborhood?
(a) Romantic and ethereal.
(b) Quite plain.
(c) Rundown.
(d) Daunting.

2. What street was the author's house on?
(a) Rockaway Ave.
(b) Chester Street.
(c) Broadview Ave.
(d) Pitkin Street.

3. Where did the civics teacher stand during the tests he gave?
(a) In the middle of the classroom.
(b) Behind his desk.
(c) Outside the door.
(d) At the back of the classroom.

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

5. What did the author ride from the east side?
(a) The ferry.
(b) A taxi.
(c) The trolley.
(d) The subway.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did the author feel about being confirmed?

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

4. What drove the author's mother to work so hard?

5. Whose house did the author associate with being the furthest from home?

(see the answer key)

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