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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapters 32, 33 and 34.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Father and Mother sometimes travel down the boardwalk in Atlantic City?
(a) They go on a trolley.
(b) They are pushed in wheeled, wicker chairs.
(c) They ride in a horse drawn hansom.
(d) They go on rollerskates.

2. When a reporter looks up Houdini to get his reaction to the escape, where is he found?
(a) On his way to Europe.
(b) At his mother's grave.
(c) In the theater.
(d) Escaping from a trunk in the East River.

3. After his mother's death, what does Houdini set out to do?
(a) Find a baby that was born at the exact minute she died.
(b) Learn all he can about reincarnation.
(c) Find a true medium who can communicate with the dead.
(d) Sue the doctors who did not keep her alive.

4. What kind of music does Coalhouse play?
(a) Minstrel show tunes.
(b) Modern jazz.
(c) Classical.
(d) Ragtime.

5. Why does Baron Ashkenazy say his daughter is sad and seldom speaks?
(a) She was missing Europe.
(b) She suffered from migraines.
(c) She had lost her kitten.
(d) Her mother had died some years ago.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Houdini's mothers grave covered with a mound of small stones?

2. What has Mother accomplished during Father's absence?

3. What had actually exploded that night?

4. As the strike wears on, what is being done for the children?

5. As the procession crosses into Brooklyn, what is seen settling on the rails of the Brooklyn Bridge?

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