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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 can the author see in every ground floor kitchen window?
(a) Jars of beans and fresh herbs.
(b) Pies cooling for dessert.
(c) Containers of milk and fresh poppy seed rolls.
(d) Lemonade and jam.

2. How did the author feel when he walked into his synagogue?
(a) Alien.
(b) At home.
(c) Numb.
(d) Sad.

3. What did the author do every time he walked into the civics teachers classroom?
(a) Made sure there wasn't "pop quiz" written on the board.
(b) Looked for his name on the blue chart.
(c) Made a bee-line for his seat.
(d) Looked for the girl with the red hair.

4. Where did the author run away from his father?
(a) Atlantic Avenue.
(b) The Abraham and Straus Store.
(c) Prospect Park.
(d) Grand Army Plaza.

5. Did the author feel he could openly discuss his feelings about God?
(a) Yes.
(b) No.
(c) He felt he could only discuss them with his friends from school.
(d) He only felt he could express them to his parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was all work measured by in the author's childhood home?

2. The author preferred the movie house over the synagogue, why did he favor the movie house?

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

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

5. Why did the author believe the neighborhood madwoman stood on their stoop so long?

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