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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. What do most of the 1mmigrants find as they settle in New York?
(a) They have free housing and food.
(b) They find many good paying jobs.
(c) They still have to struggle to survive.
(d) They cannot locate their relatives.

2. What was Freud's judgment about America?
(a) He said it had left eruope behind.
(b) He said it was ahead of its time.
(c) He said it was a poor copy of Europe.
(d) He said it was a gigantic mistake.

3. To where does Younger Brother ride the streetcar?
(a) To the Rialto Theater.
(b) To Woolworth's.
(c) To the end of the line.
(d) To the community college.

4. What does Doctorow suggest Sigmund Freud's revenge on America was?
(a) Turning Carl Jung loose on America.
(b) Having so many psychiatrists in America.
(c) Sending his European students to America.
(d) Destroying sex in America forever.

5. From where does the North Pole expedition set off?
(a) Lake Erie.
(b) Boston Harbor.
(c) Bangor, Maine.
(d) New York Harbor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What began to be heard in the ghettos?

2. With whom is Father planning to travel to the North Pole?

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

4. What does Father think about when he sees the new immigrants?

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

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