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

2. What causes the Little Girl to stop working?
(a) She falls and breaks her hand.
(b) She is kidnapped by pimps.
(c) She is forced to go to school.
(d) She gets tuberculosis.

3. With whom is Father planning to travel to the North Pole?
(a) Charles Lindburg.
(b) Ronald Amundsen.
(c) David Livingstone.
(d) Admiral Robert Peary.

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

5. which immigrants are sent back home?
(a) Those who are criminals.
(b) Those too old or ill.
(c) Thos who cannot read.
(d) Those from Africa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Little Boy wishing for?

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

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

4. To where does Younger Brother ride the streetcar?

5. Who is on the mind of Mother's Younger Brother?

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