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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 9 and 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the arrival of the immigrants symbolize?
(a) That there are changes coming for the country.
(b) That the weather will turn bad.
(c) That the world economy is failing.
(d) That a famine is headed for America.

2. What does Evelyn hope for in her husband's trial?
(a) That he will commit suicide.
(b) That he will be found guilty and locked up for life.
(c) That her testimony will free him.
(d) That she won't have to testify.

3. What was a main reason for men losing their jobs about the turn of the century?
(a) Companies going bankrupt.
(b) New immagrants working for less money.
(c) Attempting to form unions.
(d) Catching tuberculosis.

4. Where does the story of RAGTIME begin?
(a) New Rochelle, New York.
(b) Manhattan, New York.
(c) Brooklyn, New York.
(d) Albany, New York.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who took up the dare to escape from The Tombs?

2. What is Matthew Henson's special knowledge that make him invaluable to Perry?

3. Is Perry able to locate the exact spot of the North Pole?

4. When Freud visited New York and saw the early motion pictures, what was his thought?

5. What is worrying Mother back in New Rochelle?

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