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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 time frame did the author always imagine himself walking through New York in?
(a) The 1850's.
(b) The 1890's.
(c) The 1880's.
(d) The 1900's.

2. What can the author see in every ground floor kitchen window?
(a) Pies cooling for dessert.
(b) Containers of milk and fresh poppy seed rolls.
(c) Lemonade and jam.
(d) Jars of beans and fresh herbs.

3. Why did the author listen to the singers?
(a) He preferred singers over instruments.
(b) He liked to see the blonde girl in the choir sing.
(c) He liked to hear the different parts of the music.
(d) He liked to hear the echoes of voices against the brick.

4. What language does the author share with Mrs. Solovey?
(a) French.
(b) Hebrew.
(c) Polish.
(d) Russian.

5. What drove the author's mother to work so hard?
(a) She felt the women in the neighborhood needed her.
(b) Duty to her husband.
(c) They needed the money.
(d) Loneliness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the civics teacher stand during the tests he gave?

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

3. In front of what building did the author's father meet every Saturday morning?

4. Who was the neighbor girl dating that her mother was ashamed of?

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

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