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

2. Where did the civics teacher stand during the tests he gave?
(a) In the middle of the classroom.
(b) Behind his desk.
(c) Outside the door.
(d) At the back of the classroom.

3. Why did the author play the violin for the barber?
(a) So he could read the racy news magazines.
(b) So he could listen to the old men talk politics.
(c) So he could get free haircuts.
(d) So he could learn how to become a barber.

4. What is seltzer to the poor Jews?
(a) Used as a medicine.
(b) A luxury.
(c) Worse than their drinking water.
(d) Something only the wealthy could acquire.

5. What instrument did the author play as a child?
(a) The violin.
(b) The clarinet.
(c) The piano.
(d) The trumpet.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did the author keep going back to the barber shop?

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

4. What word does the author use to describe many of the places in Pages 77-109?

5. How did the author feel when he walked into his synagogue?

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