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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who took up the dare to escape from The Tombs?
(a) Harry Houdini.
(b) Jesse James.
(c) P. T. Barnum.
(d) John Dillinger.

2. Who did Houdini meet at a private function thrown by Mr. Stuyvesant Fish?
(a) P. T. Barnum.
(b) Tavinia Warren Thumb.
(c) Al Jolson.
(d) Theodore Dreiser.

3. What does Father manufacture?
(a) Pianos and harps.
(b) Flags, patriotic bunting and fireworks.
(c) Nuts and bolts.
(d) Mason jars and Coke bottles.

4. What does Father think about when he sees the new immigrants?
(a) That there will be more crime in New York.
(b) That they all buy American flags.
(c) That there will be new competition for his business.
(d) That there are too many immigrants coming into the USA.

5. Where are the immigrants ushered as they enter New York Harbor?
(a) Ellis Island.
(b) Staten Island.
(c) Long Island.
(d) Manhattan Island.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the late 1800s, what seemed to happen in one hundreds?

2. Where does the story of RAGTIME begin?

3. What does the arrival of the immigrants symbolize?

4. What type of labor was favored in the factories then?

5. Why does Harry K. Shaw receive special privileges in jail?

(see the answer key)

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