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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 made Mrs. Solovey leave the author's house?
(a) He told her about his mother's depression.
(b) He told her about his daydreams.
(c) He asked her if he could marry one of her daughters.
(d) He asked her why she came to Brownsville.

2. Was the author good at handball?
(a) No.
(b) Yes.
(c) He was the best in the neighborhood.
(d) The book doesn't clarify.

3. What smells reminded the author of the Brooklyn Bridge?
(a) Ground coffee, spices and paint.
(b) Tar, ground coffee and soap.
(c) Bleach, ground coffee and spices,
(d) Urine, sweat and oil.

4. When the author was a young man, who did he think about after he turned the light out at night?
(a) Blumka.
(b) Mrs. Rylot.
(c) Mrs. Solovey.
(d) The Polish Broads.

5. What was the author's favorite school experience?
(a) Visiting the assembly hall.
(b) Saying the pledge of allegiance daily.
(c) His weekly visits with the speech pathologist.
(d) Walking past the girls' bathroom.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When the narrative begins, how many years has it been since the author left to live in "the city?"

3. What is seltzer to the poor Jews?

4. How did the author's parents feel of his generation?

5. During his childhood subway train rides to "the city," what told the author that he was on his last leg home?

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