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

2. How did the Jews greet the Sabbath?
(a) "As a groom."
(b) "As a bride."
(c) "As a newborn babe."
(d) "As a ghost."

3. What did the children buy from the small Italians?
(a) Pasta.
(b) Strawberries.
(c) Shaved Ice.
(d) Sodas.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the author secretly think of the synagogue?

2. Who inspired the teaching style and curriculum of the author's civics teacher?

3. What did the Jewish vendors sell roasted potatoes, baked apples and knishes from?

4. What did the Jews of Brownsville think of someone "going their own way" or not following tradition?

5. What feelings does the author experience when he gets off the train?

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