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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 is the name of the second road the author mentions?
(a) Market Street.
(b) Pitkin Avenue.
(c) Broadway Street.
(d) Hampton Avenue.

2. What was the author's favorite delight in all seasons?
(a) Popcorn from the Coney Island dives.
(b) Caramels from the candy store.
(c) Food from the delicatessen.
(d) Roasted apples from the Jewish vendor.

3. What instrument did the author play as a child?
(a) The violin.
(b) The piano.
(c) The clarinet.
(d) The trumpet.

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

5. What time of day is the mind's "grazing time?"
(a) Bedtime.
(b) Dinner time.
(c) The time between dinner and bedtime in which only relaxing was done.
(d) Twilight.

Short Answer Questions

1. Was the author good at handball?

2. What was the author afraid of?

3. What description does the author give Belmont Avenue?

4. Why did the author keep going back to the barber shop?

5. What did the Jews of Brownsville think of someone "going their own way" or not following tradition?

(see the answer key)

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