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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Block and Beyond, p. 109 - 131.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the women of Brownsville force their children to do?
(a) Shop for dinner.
(b) Eat.
(c) Stay outside until dinner was ready.
(d) Beat rugs on the stoop.

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

3. What did the three dressmakers and the author's mother speak of that made the author upset?
(a) Love.
(b) Politics.
(c) Home.
(d) The war.

4. Why did the author believe the neighborhood madwoman stood on their stoop so long?
(a) Because she knew she would get more to put in her cart the longer she stayed.
(b) Because she would forget where to go after his house.
(c) Because the only person she could relate with was his mother.
(d) Because she knew he liked to watch her.

5. At what age are Jewish boys "confirmed?"
(a) Eighteen.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Thirteen.
(d) Fifteen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the boy do to win over the neighbor girl's mother?

2. What emotion does the author speak of in great length in Section 3?

3. The author's childhood school is still standing in the neighborhood, how does the school feel to the author?

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

5. When did the author feel the only time his favorite food could be eaten in "good conscience"?

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