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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. Where did the author think he lived as a child?
(a) The end of the world.
(b) The place most suited to his family.
(c) The best place a child could grow up.
(d) The most lonely place in the world.

2. What did the author's mother do out of loneliness every evening?
(a) She would cry silently at her sewing machine.
(b) She would read from her parent's memoirs.
(c) She would stare out at the street.
(d) She would cry silently at the sink while she washed dishes.

3. What kind of books did the author go to his cousin's room to read?
(a) Books on government.
(b) Books on how to date women.
(c) Yiddish books.
(d) English books.

4. During his childhood subway train rides to "the city," what told the author that he was on his last leg home?
(a) The east and west side express lane junctions.
(b) The Brooklyn-Clark Station.
(c) The East River.
(d) The Borough Hall Station.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What physical trait was the author most embarrassed by during his early school years?

2. When the author was a young man, who did he think about after he turned the light out at night?

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

4. How did the author feel it meant to be a Jew?

5. Was the author good at handball?

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