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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. When did the author feel the only time his favorite food could be eaten in "good conscience"?
(a) After he finished playing stickball.
(b) Saturday night.
(c) Friday night.
(d) On his way home from school.

2. The author preferred the movie house over the synagogue, why did he favor the movie house?
(a) There was nothing there to remind him of Brownsville.
(b) They sold popcorn and other wonderful treats.
(c) He could escape his parents there.
(d) It was cool there during the summer, it was the only place that stayed cool.

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

4. What did the Jews of Brownsville think of someone "going their own way" or not following tradition?
(a) It was courageous.
(b) It was radical.
(c) It wasn't done.
(d) It was unthinkable.

5. What did the women of Brownsville expect to receive from the drugstore owner?
(a) Beauty tips.
(b) Sweets.
(c) Free samples.
(d) Credit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was all work measured by in the author's childhood home?

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

3. Who were the author's friends?

4. Where did Mrs. Solovey grow up?

5. What book did Mrs. Solovey take the author back to?

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