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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. Where does Evelyn go when she doesn't find Tateh and the girl one day?
(a) To their 2-room flat over a public bath.
(b) To the police to file a missing person's report.
(c) Back to her house to cry.
(d) To a detective to look for them.

2. How does Tateh entertain The Girl at home?
(a) He teaches her how to dance.
(b) He teaches her old Yiddish songs.
(c) He tells her stories of the old country.
(d) He makes silhouette thumb books for her to look at.

3. What is Father worried about after the murders?
(a) That Coalhouse may run to them for refuge.
(b) That they have Coalhouse's baby in their home.
(c) That the community will think they helped Coalhouse commit the crime.
(d) That someone will try to blow up their house.

4. Where is the train headed?
(a) Cincinati.
(b) Boston.
(c) Omaha.
(d) Philadelphia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the description of the man who led the attack on the fire station?

2. Why does The Girl like the strike?

3. After his mother's death, what does Houdini set out to do?

4. When a reporter looks up Houdini to get his reaction to the escape, where is he found?

5. What does Tateh do for the strike organizers?

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