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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 author's mother do to remember her parent's deaths?
(a) She went dancing, her parents favorite thing to do together.
(b) She sat around and told stories of her parents to her friends.
(c) She lit the mourning candle twice a year.
(d) She went to the cemetary where they were buried and laid flowers at their graves.

2. What did Mrs. E do when she abandoned her housework for a half hour every morning?
(a) She sat in the vegetarian restaurant.
(b) She weeded her small flower garden.
(c) She listened to her "shows" on the radio.
(d) She gossiped with the neighborhood ladies.

3. What is the name and nickname of the third street the author mentions in Part 1, pages 30-47?
(a) Roosevelt Avenue, the wealthy street.
(b) Hampton Street, the playground.
(c) Broadview Avenue, the lonely street.
(d) Chester Street, the way home.

4. What still lines Belmont Avenue that was there during the author's childhood?
(a) Pushcarts.
(b) Pots of flowers.
(c) Garbage.
(d) Sewage.

5. Where does the author believe only truly free people are from?
(a) New York City.
(b) Russia.
(c) Poland.
(d) England.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the children buy from the Syrian vendors?

2. What is the name of the second road the author mentions?

3. What part of the neighborhood tests the author?

4. What building does the author miss the most, though?

5. What hadn't the author learned yet when he had the discussion in a foreign language with Mrs. Solovey?

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