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

2. What began to be heard in the ghettos?
(a) The rattle of streetcars.
(b) The calls of ice venders.
(c) The people speaking English.
(d) The sounds of piano lessons.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Mameh, Tateh, and the Little Girl do to make a living?

2. What does the author show between the characters of Evelyn and Tateh?

3. What does Riis call his colored map of Manhattan?

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

5. What does Mameh finally do to make extra money?

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