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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Kitchen, p. 51 - 73.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author's childhood school is still standing in the neighborhood, how does the school feel to the author?
(a) Cold and damp.
(b) Like a castle.
(c) Like a hospital.
(d) Like home.

2. What did the three dressmakers and the author's mother speak of that made the author upset?
(a) Politics.
(b) Love.
(c) The war.
(d) Home.

3. What did the author's mother do out of loneliness every evening?
(a) She would cry silently at her sewing machine.
(b) She would read from her parent's memoirs.
(c) She would stare out at the street.
(d) She would cry silently at the sink while she washed dishes.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The author's mother was a hard worker but there was something she couldn't do. What was that one thing?

2. At what age are Jewish boys "confirmed?"

3. What kind of books did the author go to his cousin's room to read?

4. In front of what building did the author's father meet every Saturday morning?

5. What still lines Belmont Avenue that was there during the author's childhood?

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