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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapters 29, 30 and 31.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As the strike wears on, what is being done for the children?
(a) They are sent to private schools.
(b) They are enlisted to march in the picket lines.
(c) They are given extra rations in the soup kitchens.
(d) They are being boarded by wealthy families in other cities.

2. What happens when the American Woolen Company gives out envelopes with short pay?
(a) Tateh contemplates suicide.
(b) The worker all leave to head West.
(c) The workers go on strike.
(d) The welfare office is overrun.

3. At that time, who was at the top of the business pyramid in the USA?
(a) J. P. Morgan.
(b) Astor.
(c) Rockefeller.
(d) Carnegie.

4. Why does Evelyn call the old man Tateh?
(a) Because his clothes looked tattered.
(b) Because he cannot pronounce his Hebrew name.
(c) Because he would not tell her his real name.
(d) Because she met him on Tateh Street.

5. What was the physical condition of the rich prior to William Howard Taft becoming President?
(a) Healthy and muscular.
(b) Generally obese.
(c) Sickly and pale.
(d) Wafer thin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Houdini brooding while walking the streets of New York?

2. What kind of music does Coalhouse play?

3. At the trial, how does Evelyn depict herself at age fifteen?

4. Who in the family understands and admires Coalhouse?

5. What happens one night that shakes the theater where Houdini had just performed?

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