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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 do the Hebrew letters on storefronts look like to Evelyn?
(a) Graffiti.
(b) Tally marks.
(c) Scratches.
(d) Bones.

2. What does Father notice as the expedition sails out of the harbor?
(a) The U.S. Navy escort ship.
(b) A rag ship arraving with new immigrants.
(c) How the temperature is already dropping.
(d) A fireworks display in thier honor.

3. What is Matthew Henson's special knowledge that make him invaluable to Perry?
(a) He is an expert chef.
(b) He has an uncanny sense of direction.
(c) He is good at repairing dog sleds.
(d) He can perform surgery.

4. What is Evelyn Nesbit doing before her husband's trial?
(a) Writing her memoirs.
(b) Shopping for new clothes to wear to her husband's trial.
(c) Rehearsing what she will say on the stand.
(d) Having an affair with the doorman.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the girl tied by a rope to the old man's wrists?

2. To where does Younger Brother ride the streetcar?

3. From where does the North Pole expedition set off?

4. What is Little Boy wishing for?

5. What does Doctorow suggest Sigmund Freud's revenge on America was?

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