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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Block and Beyond, p. 109 - 131.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What description does the author give Belmont Avenue?
(a) The "brightest street in Brownsville."
(b) The "merriest street in Brownsville."
(c) The "loudest street in Brownsville."
(d) The "loneliest street in Brownsville."

2. What was the author afraid of?
(a) The cellar.
(b) The barber.
(c) The principal.
(d) The "chicken lady."

3. What did the author do every time he walked into the civics teachers classroom?
(a) Made a bee-line for his seat.
(b) Looked for his name on the blue chart.
(c) Looked for the girl with the red hair.
(d) Made sure there wasn't "pop quiz" written on the board.

4. Who was Mrs. B said to have physical relations with?
(a) The principal.
(b) The physical education teacher.
(c) The English teacher.
(d) The math teacher.

5. What language was commonly used in the author's neighborhood?
(a) Hebrew.
(b) Yiddish.
(c) Polish.
(d) Russian.

Short Answer Questions

1. Was the author good at handball?

2. What nickname did the author's father give him?

3. What would the author skip pages of his favorite book to read?

4. What did the boy do to win over the neighbor girl's mother?

5. What did the three dressmakers and the author's mother speak of that made the author upset?

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