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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. Who did the author feel could intercede with God for him?
(a) His mother.
(b) His Rabbi.
(c) The Biblical Deborah.
(d) His father.

2. What did the author hide under his coat on the way home Passover week?
(a) A bottle of wine.
(b) Packaged white bread.
(c) Packaged matzah.
(d) A jar of pickles.

3. What was the author's favorite school experience?
(a) His weekly visits with the speech pathologist.
(b) Walking past the girls' bathroom.
(c) Saying the pledge of allegiance.
(d) Visiting the assembly hall.

4. Who did the author say it was good to be back among?
(a) His family.
(b) The children playing stickball on on the block.
(c) The women who shouted from the market.
(d) The children playing handball on the street.

5. Who was the neighbor girl dating that her mother was ashamed of?
(a) A Negro boy.
(b) An Irish boy.
(c) A French boy.
(d) An Italian boy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the author feel about his Hebrew classes?

2. What were the author's lasting feelings about his school years?

3. How did the author feel it meant to be a Jew?

4. What smells reminded the author of the Brooklyn Bridge?

5. What part of the neighborhood tests the author?

(see the answer key)

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