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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapters 32, 33 and 34.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who were most of the mourners at Sarah's funeral?
(a) New York policemen.
(b) Hired mourners.
(c) Musician friends of Coalhouse.
(d) Father, Mother, Younger Brother, and The Boy.

2. Why is Houdini's mothers grave covered with a mound of small stones?
(a) Each stone has a message written on it.
(b) It is a new cenetary and no grass has been planted yert.
(c) It is a Jewish custome to leave a samll stone at every visit to a gravesite.
(d) They are there to discourage grave robbers.

3. How is it possible for them to travel cheaply?
(a) They slip into empty cattle cars and hide from the watchmen.
(b) They stop in each town and Tateh does his silhouettes.
(c) They get a discount because of the girl.
(d) They can change lines at each rail terminus and keep going.

4. Who is on the mind of Mother's Younger Brother?
(a) Nora Desmond.
(b) Clara Bow.
(c) Greta Garbo.
(d) Evelyn Nesbit.

5. What does Mameh finally do to make extra money?
(a) Shoplift from small stores.
(b) Submit to the advances of her employer.
(c) Work as a roommaid in a hotel.
(d) Dance in a burlesque house.

Short Answer Questions

1. When a reporter looks up Houdini to get his reaction to the escape, where is he found?

2. What do the Hebrew letters on storefronts look like to Evelyn?

3. What new activity does Younger Brother take up?

4. What is Goldman's political stance?

5. What do the police discover as they go through the wreckage of the demolished building?

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