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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 was the physical condition of the rich prior to William Howard Taft becoming President?
(a) Generally obese.
(b) Sickly and pale.
(c) Healthy and muscular.
(d) Wafer thin.

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 grabs a gun from a militiaman and starts shooting.
(c) He sits down and starts crying.
(d) He runs and grabs onto the back guardrail of the train.

3. What does Evelyn see that causes her to order the driver to stop the car?
(a) A lost puppy.
(b) A dirty-faced girl.
(c) A sale on shawls.
(d) An organ grinder with a monkey.

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

5. What does Evelyn receive in her divorce settlement?
(a) Nothing because of her affair with Younger Brother.
(b) $1,000,000.
(c) One dollar.
(d) $25,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is it possible for them to travel cheaply?

2. What does Tateh do for the strike organizers?

3. At the trial, how does Evelyn depict herself at age fifteen?

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

5. What kind of car is Evelyn being chauffeured in as she goes around in New York?

(see the answer key)

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