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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 9 and 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the arrival of the immigrants symbolize?
(a) That a famine is headed for America.
(b) That the world economy is failing.
(c) That there are changes coming for the country.
(d) That the weather will turn bad.

2. What causes the Little Girl to stop working?
(a) She gets tuberculosis.
(b) She falls and breaks her hand.
(c) She is kidnapped by pimps.
(d) She is forced to go to school.

3. What is Matthew Henson's special knowledge that make him invaluable to Perry?
(a) He is good at repairing dog sleds.
(b) He can perform surgery.
(c) He is an expert chef.
(d) He has an uncanny sense of direction.

4. Where does the story of RAGTIME begin?
(a) Albany, New York.
(b) Manhattan, New York.
(c) New Rochelle, New York.
(d) Brooklyn, New York.

5. Who does Mother call after she and the maid clean up the baby?
(a) The Welfare Department.
(b) A doctor and the police.
(c) Grandfather.
(d) Her next door neighbor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Father manufacture?

2. Is Perry able to locate the exact spot of the North Pole?

3. Why does Harry K. Shaw receive special privileges in jail?

4. What does Father present to commander Perry before he heads out to the North Pole?

5. Who did Houdini meet at a private function thrown by Mr. Stuyvesant Fish?

(see the answer key)

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