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

2. What is Evelyn Nesbit doing before her husband's trial?
(a) Rehearsing what she will say on the stand.
(b) Having an affair with the doorman.
(c) Writing her memoirs.
(d) Shopping for new clothes to wear to her husband's trial.

3. Who was in the opposite cell of The Tombs as the great escape artist worked his feat?
(a) Al Jolson.
(b) Theodore Dreiser.
(c) Carl Jung.
(d) Harry K. Shaw.

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

5. What type of labor was favored in the factories then?
(a) Child labor.
(b) Irish labor.
(c) Black labor.
(d) Female labor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Doctorow suggest Sigmund Freud's revenge on America was?

2. In the late 1800s, what seemed to happen in one hundreds?

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

4. What causes the Little Girl to stop working?

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

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