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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's father meet?
(a) Fellow freelance writers.
(b) Fellow freelance artists.
(c) Fellow freelance painters.
(d) Fellow freelance musicians.

2. Where did the author first head when playing follow the leader?
(a) The junkyard.
(b) The drugstore.
(c) The school yard.
(d) The quarry.

3. When did the author feel the only time his favorite food could be eaten in "good conscience"?
(a) Friday night.
(b) Saturday night.
(c) On his way home from school.
(d) After he finished playing stickball.

4. What did the author think about museums and parks?
(a) They were intriguing.
(b) They were the highlight of his childhood.
(c) They were a way to escape Brownsville.
(d) They were painful.

5. What has replaced an entire block of drugstores and candy shops in the neighborhood?
(a) Second-hand furniture shops.
(b) Restaurants.
(c) Department stores.
(d) Factories.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the three dressmakers and the author's mother speak of that made the author upset?

3. Who did the author call "The Chicken Lady?"

4. What did the women of Brownsville force their children to do?

5. What did the big Italians sell and during what time?

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