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

2. How did the author secretly think of the synagogue?
(a) It was a happy place.
(b) He thought it was haunted.
(c) As a mean place.
(d) He felt more comfortable there than he did at school.

3. What profession was the author's mother?
(a) A Cobbler.
(b) A Breadmaker.
(c) A Maid.
(d) A Dressmaker.

4. What nickname does the author give the second street?
(a) The "sweet street."
(b) The "short street."
(c) The "slow street."
(d) The "show street."

5. In what battle did the brother of the author's cousin go missing?
(a) The Second Battle of Oituz.
(b) The Bergman Offensive.
(c) The Battle of Sarikamish.
(d) The Battle of Tannenberg.

Short Answer Questions

1. What let the author know how he felt after he read his prayer book?

2. Who's name was on the sign the boys pasted to the outside wall of a house on Chester Street?

3. What did the big Italians sell and during what time?

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

5. When was the Sabbath extra special for the author?

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