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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 boy do to win over the neighbor girl's mother?
(a) Cook her dinner.
(b) Offer to become a Jew.
(c) Fix her leaky pipes.
(d) Pay her bills.

2. What let the author know how he felt after he read his prayer book?
(a) By the discussions he had with his mother.
(b) By the song in his head.
(c) By the thoughts he had the rest of the day.
(d) By the feeling in his chest.

3. What political way of thinking did the author's parents practice?
(a) Republican.
(b) Marxism.
(c) Socialism.
(d) Democracy.

4. What did the author hide under his coat on the way home Passover week?
(a) A bottle of wine.
(b) Packaged matzah.
(c) Packaged white bread.
(d) A jar of pickles.

5. What country did the civics teacher come from?
(a) Ireland.
(b) England.
(c) Poland.
(d) Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the author listening to when he last saw his childhood kitchen?

2. The author needed something urgent at the end of the chapter, The Block and Beyond, Pages 109-131. What did he need?

3. Which of the stations is the author's favorite?

4. What was marriage to the author's parents?

5. Why did the author run?

(see the answer key)

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