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

2. How did the author feel about the women who sat around his dinner table on Friday nights?
(a) They were they joy in the home.
(b) They were too noisy and would escape the house.
(c) He was infatuated with one of them so he would listen in rapture to them.
(d) He got lost in their conversations but still sat there and listened.

3. What did the big Italians sell and during what time?
(a) Yogurt during the spring.
(b) Baked apples during the fall.
(c) Roasted nuts during the winter.
(d) Watermelons during the summer.

4. What were the author's lasting feelings about his school years?
(a) A lifelong sense of being judged.
(b) A hopeful feeling of accomplishment.
(c) A feeling of success.
(d) A feeling of inadequacy.

5. When the author discovers a new development in a familiar part of town, he had a particular feeling toward seeing the development. What was the feeling he had?
(a) Anger.
(b) Fear.
(c) Dismay.
(d) Joy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What profession was the author's mother?

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

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

4. What country did the civics teacher come from?

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

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