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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. What did the women of Brownsville force their children to do?
(a) Stay outside until dinner was ready.
(b) Eat.
(c) Shop for dinner.
(d) Beat rugs on the stoop.

2. What did the children buy from the Syrian vendors?
(a) Couscous.
(b) Manoushah.
(c) Halvah.
(d) Yaknit al-kama.

3. How did the Jews greet the Sabbath?
(a) "As a bride."
(b) "As a newborn babe."
(c) "As a groom."
(d) "As a ghost."

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

5. What kind of books did the author go to his cousin's room to read?
(a) Yiddish books.
(b) English books.
(c) Books on how to date women.
(d) Books on government.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the narrative begins, how many years has it been since the author left to live in "the city?"

2. How did the author feel about the women who sat around his dinner table on Friday nights?

3. 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?

4. What did the author always have in his hands when he was waiting fort the girl by the junkyard?

5. Who was Mrs. B said to have physical relations with?

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