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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Longlegged Jack of the Isthmus.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ellen's mother think that she and her father feel about her?
(a) That they want her to work.
(b) That they adore her.
(c) That they want to send her to France.
(d) That they hate her.

2. Who does Ruth Prynne say lives at Mrs. Sunderland's?
(a) The mob.
(b) The best local artists.
(c) The poorest people in New York.
(d) All the ham actors in the world.

3. What sort of voice does Madame Rigaud have?
(a) Proud Pariesienne.
(b) Nice Nice.
(c) Soft Seine.
(d) Booming Bordelais.

4. What does Stan wish would happen to his college before he gets back?
(a) That it would be bought by his father.
(b) That it would fall into the ocean.
(c) That it would burn down.
(d) That they would graduate him before he completes his studies.

5. Where is Bud sitting when he reads the newspaper and the other men there are playing chess?
(a) Ellis Island.
(b) Wall Street.
(c) Central Park.
(d) The Seaman's Union.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jimmy call his mother?

2. What is the train called in New York besides the subway?

3. Who is apparently staying at the Waldorf as evidenced by the flag outside the building?

4. What is the motto above the man's head in the King C. Gillette ad?

5. What color hair does Elaine Oglethorpe have?

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