View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 18, 19 and 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens when Tateh is beaten by the police and the train The Girl is on starts to move?
(a) He calls down a curse from heaven.
(b) He sits down and starts crying.
(c) He grabs a gun from a militiaman and starts shooting.
(d) He runs and grabs onto the back guardrail of the train.

3. At that time, who was at the top of the business pyramid in the USA?
(a) Astor.
(b) J. P. Morgan.
(c) Carnegie.
(d) Rockefeller.

4. As the strike wears on, what is being done for the children?
(a) They are enlisted to march in the picket lines.
(b) They are being boarded by wealthy families in other cities.
(c) They are given extra rations in the soup kitchens.
(d) They are sent to private schools.

5. What happens when the American Woolen Company gives out envelopes with short pay?
(a) The workers go on strike.
(b) The worker all leave to head West.
(c) The welfare office is overrun.
(d) Tateh contemplates suicide.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the physical condition of the rich prior to William Howard Taft becoming President?

2. Who was the royal person who came to see Houdini fly his plane?

3. Why does Evelyn call the old man Tateh?

4. What had Morgan once done for the U.S. government?

5. What does the author show between the characters of Evelyn and Tateh?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 357 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample