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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. Where did the author think he lived as a child?
(a) The best place a child could grow up.
(b) The place most suited to his family.
(c) The end of the world.
(d) The most lonely place in the world.

2. What street was the author's house on?
(a) Pitkin Street.
(b) Rockaway Ave.
(c) Broadview Ave.
(d) Chester Street.

3. Where was city land all around Brownsville? What were those pieces of land used for?
(a) A plot of land for squatters to camp.
(b) The neighborhood waste site.
(c) The neighborhood garden.
(d) Cutting and storing tombstones.

4. How did the author feel about the women who sat around his dinner table on Friday nights?
(a) They were they joy in the home.
(b) He was infatuated with one of them so he would listen in rapture to them.
(c) They were too noisy and would escape the house.
(d) He got lost in their conversations but still sat there and listened.

5. What did the Jewish vendors sell roasted potatoes, baked apples and knishes from?
(a) A tin stove.
(b) A shiny metal cart.
(c) A wood cart.
(d) A black oil barrel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the author's mother do to remember her parent's deaths?

2. Did the author feel he could openly discuss his feelings about God?

3. When the author discovers a new development in a familiar part of town, he had a particular feeling toward seeing the development. What was the feeling he had?

4. At what age are Jewish boys "confirmed?"

5. How did the author describe the Episcopalian church in the neighborhood?

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