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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What worries Tateh as he observes The Girl?
(a) She slouches like a depressed person.
(b) She is maturing and has no mother to guide her.
(c) She doesn't seem to be growing.
(d) She has no color from staying inside so long.

2. What does Houdini do in Germany?
(a) Learn to play the violin.
(b) Hang from a flying plane by his teeth.
(c) Learn to pilot a Voisin.
(d) Walk on the wings of a flying plane.

3. which immigrants are sent back home?
(a) Thos who cannot read.
(b) Those who are criminals.
(c) Those too old or ill.
(d) Those from Africa.

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

5. What does Mameh finally do to make extra money?
(a) Work as a roommaid in a hotel.
(b) Dance in a burlesque house.
(c) Submit to the advances of her employer.
(d) Shoplift from small stores.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do Mameh, Tateh, and the Little Girl do to make a living?

3. What innovation of Henry Ford's was about to revolutionize American manufacturing?

4. What does Evelyn do with most of her money?

5. Who wrote Morgan's favorite story, The Birthmark?

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