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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. What part of the neighborhood tests the author?
(a) The back wall of the drugstore.
(b) The alley where all the boys played handball.
(c) The school yard.
(d) The drugstore where he dropped the sandwich.

2. What belief about Jews did the author grow up with?
(a) That they were destined to be bankers.
(b) That they were destined to marry only out of duty.
(c) That they were destined to be propertyless workers.
(d) That they were destined to be leaders of the country.

3. What description does the author give Belmont Avenue?
(a) The "merriest street in Brownsville."
(b) The "brightest street in Brownsville."
(c) The "loudest street in Brownsville."
(d) The "loneliest street in Brownsville."

4. What did the author's mother do to remember her parent's deaths?
(a) She went dancing, her parents favorite thing to do together.
(b) She lit the mourning candle twice a year.
(c) She went to the cemetary where they were buried and laid flowers at their graves.
(d) She sat around and told stories of her parents to her friends.

5. What nickname did the author's father give him?
(a) Yankel.
(b) Lazer.
(c) Kaddish.
(d) Heshie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the author's family regularly do after their Friday night discussions?

2. What is seltzer to the poor Jews?

3. Who could the author hear crying in the streets at night as a child?

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

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

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