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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Freud's judgment about America?
(a) He said it had left eruope behind.
(b) He said it was a gigantic mistake.
(c) He said it was a poor copy of Europe.
(d) He said it was ahead of its time.

2. What does Riis call his colored map of Manhattan?
(a) Better than a train schedule.
(b) A crazy quilt of races.
(c) A guide to the theaters.
(d) A colored chart of districts.

3. In the late 1800s, what seemed to happen in one hundreds?
(a) Songs written; immigrant boats arrived; fires broke out.
(b) Elections held; charity balls held; new newspapers started.
(c) Negores lynched; miners burned alive; children mutilated.
(d) Roads built; farms shut down; factories opened.

4. Seeing the man who has been following her, what does Evelyn think?
(a) That he's a policeman assigned to protect her.
(b) That he is a deranged man stalking her.
(c) That he's a detective hired by her mother-in-law to follow her.
(d) That he is a fan who wants her autograph.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Father think about when he sees the new immigrants?

2. When Freud visited New York and saw the early motion pictures, what was his thought?

3. What does Evelyn see that causes her to order the driver to stop the car?

4. What do most of the 1mmigrants find as they settle in New York?

5. What is the newspaperman, Jacob Riis, writing about at this time?

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