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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Block and Beyond, p. 77 - 109.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the author's favorite school experience?
(a) Walking past the girls' bathroom.
(b) His weekly visits with the speech pathologist.
(c) Saying the pledge of allegiance.
(d) Visiting the assembly hall.

2. How did the author describe the Episcopalian church in the neighborhood?
(a) Rundown.
(b) Romantic and ethereal.
(c) Daunting.
(d) Quite plain.

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

4. What is the era in which the author's childhood took place?
(a) The 1920's.
(b) World War One.
(c) World War Two.
(d) The Great Depression.

5. What does the author connect New York rush hour with from his childhood?
(a) The hour before supper.
(b) The hour the town slept.
(c) The hour the women worked frantically.
(d) The hour that moved the slowest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the author ride from the east side?

2. What feelings does the author experience when he gets off the train?

3. Where was city land all around Brownsville? What were those pieces of land used for?

4. What description does the author give Belmont Avenue?

5. What word does the author use to describe many of the places in Pages 77-109?

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