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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, From the Subway to the Synagogue, p. 1 - 30..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the team receive if they won the competition between the "Army Navy" tests the civics teacher gave?
(a) A gold star.
(b) An automatic passing grade on a test.
(c) A free pass to the bathroom.
(d) A blue star.

2. What feelings does the author experience when he gets off the train?
(a) Rage, dread and unexpected tenderness.
(b) No feelings at all.
(c) Fear, loathing, and disgust.
(d) Hope, lightheartedness and joy.

3. Where did the civics teacher stand during the tests he gave?
(a) At the back of the classroom.
(b) Outside the door.
(c) Behind his desk.
(d) In the middle of the classroom.

4. The author stopped at the neighborhood drugstore to have lunch one day. While eating his sandwich, some of it fell into a pile of dust. How did this make the author feel?
(a) Judged by those who saw him have the accident.
(b) Happy, as the sandwich had a hair in it.
(c) Shameful for wasting food.
(d) Abandoned by the world.

5. The author didn't associate his school years with learning, what did he associate them with?
(a) Building good character.
(b) Avoiding the bullies who tortured him daily.
(c) Chasing the girls in the school yard.
(d) Proving the teachers wrong.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the author step off the train when he first enters Brownsville?

2. During his childhood subway train rides to "the city," what told the author that he was on his last leg home?

3. What were the author's lasting feelings about his school years?

4. What was the author's favorite school experience?

5. What was the author's favorite school experience?

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