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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 call "The Chicken Lady?"
(a) Mrs. Rosenthal.
(b) Mrs. Klein.
(c) Mrs. Deutscher.
(d) Mrs. Baruch.

2. Who was Mrs. B said to have physical relations with?
(a) The English teacher.
(b) The principal.
(c) The physical education teacher.
(d) The math teacher.

3. What did the women of Brownsville force their children to do?
(a) Beat rugs on the stoop.
(b) Shop for dinner.
(c) Stay outside until dinner was ready.
(d) Eat.

4. What did the author spend his school days staring at in fear and anxiety?
(a) A notebook that sat on the teachers desk.
(b) The boy in the second row who would tease him during lunch.
(c) The clock.
(d) The ruler that was used to punish the students that hung on the wall.

5. Whose house did the author associate with being the furthest from home?
(a) Mrs. Deutscher's.
(b) Mrs. Klein's.
(c) Mrs. Hooper's.
(d) Mrs. Rosenwasser's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the author step off the train when he first enters Brownsville?

2. What did the boy do to win over the neighbor girl's mother?

3. Where was the author's father offered a homestead while he was working for the Union Pacific Railway?

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

5. On Fifth Avenue, the author found something he was surprised by. What was it?

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