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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Steamroller.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the man's wife who shaves at the end of "Ferryslip" say of his clean face?
(a) "By the Living Jingo!"
(b) "Ovoy! Ovoy!"
(c) "Hot popper!"
(d) "You're the King C. Gillette!"

2. What does Ed's drinking buddy do for a living?
(a) He is a printer.
(b) He works at the New York Times.
(c) He owns a restaurant.
(d) He drives a cab.

3. Morton signs the bill making New York what?
(a) The hot dog capital of America.
(b) The financial center of the world.
(c) The world's second metropolis.
(d) The most historic place in America.

4. What is the dress that Ellen's mother bought her at Hearn's made of?
(a) Black Watch plaid.
(b) Muslin.
(c) Slubbed shantung.
(d) Gingham.

5. As the building is burning a man tells Thatcher what about the fire's origin?
(a) It was started by an incendiary device.
(b) A molotove coctail started the fire.
(c) A man was smoking in bed when it was started.
(d) Someone's cooking caused it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Bud born and raised?

2. What does Jimmy inherit from his mother's estate?

3. What does Ed's drinking buddy say of having kids?

4. Where is Bud sitting when he reads the newspaper and the other men there are playing chess?

5. What happens that makes Captain McAvoy turn his tug abruptly?

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