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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 11 and 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Evelyn receive in her divorce settlement?
(a) One dollar.
(b) $1,000,000.
(c) Nothing because of her affair with Younger Brother.
(d) $25,000.

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

3. What does Evelyn hope for in her husband's trial?
(a) That she won't have to testify.
(b) That he will be found guilty and locked up for life.
(c) That he will commit suicide.
(d) That her testimony will free him.

4. What is a theme established in the first two chapters?
(a) Isolationism.
(b) Patriotism.
(c) Adventure.
(d) Immigartion.

5. Who took up the dare to escape from The Tombs?
(a) Harry Houdini.
(b) P. T. Barnum.
(c) John Dillinger.
(d) Jesse James.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who will be speaking at the meeting Evelyn goes to with Tateh and the girl?

2. What was a main reason for men losing their jobs about the turn of the century?

3. On board the Roosevelt, how does Admiral Perry live?

4. Where does the story of RAGTIME begin?

5. What was the physical condition of the rich prior to William Howard Taft becoming President?

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