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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 27 and 28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the description of the man who led the attack on the fire station?
(a) An unidentified Negro male.
(b) A short man with coal dust on his face.
(c) A man who looked a lot like the Fire Chief.
(d) A stout man wearing a bandana mask.

2. What do the Hebrew letters on storefronts look like to Evelyn?
(a) Scratches.
(b) Graffiti.
(c) Bones.
(d) Tally marks.

3. What happens when a woman striker is shot?
(a) The strike leaders are arrested for complicity.
(b) The workers attack the police.
(c) The militia is called away.
(d) Tateh gets elected leader.

4. What do the police discover as they go through the wreckage of the demolished building?
(a) The fire started when a cook stove blew up.
(b) A fireman had thrown a cigarette into a gas can.
(c) Two of the victims had been shot; it was a case of murder.
(d) The building exploded because of an earthquake.

5. What happens one night that shakes the theater where Houdini had just performed?
(a) A boiler blew up in the theater.
(b) A head-on train wreck.
(c) An explosion at the Emerald Isle Fire House.
(d) A German bomb attack on New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are Tateh and the girl at home that day?

2. What does Evelyn see that causes her to order the driver to stop the car?

3. What does Coalhouse Walker, Jr., do to identify himself.

4. Where do Tateh and The Girl go to warm up after spending the night in the train station?

5. What happens when the Young Man hides in Goldman's closet?

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