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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. Why does Harry K. Shaw receive special privileges in jail?
(a) Because of his and Everlyn's celebrity.
(b) Because his father bribes the jailers.
(c) Because he is a close friend of the mayor.
(d) Because he is the governor of New York.

2. What does Riis call his colored map of Manhattan?
(a) A guide to the theaters.
(b) Better than a train schedule.
(c) A crazy quilt of races.
(d) A colored chart of districts.

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

4. What does the arrival of the immigrants symbolize?
(a) That there are changes coming for the country.
(b) That the weather will turn bad.
(c) That a famine is headed for America.
(d) That the world economy is failing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was a main reason for men losing their jobs about the turn of the century?

2. What is the newspaperman, Jacob Riis, writing about at this time?

3. What famous person is in the auto accident in front of Father's house?

4. What is a theme established in the first two chapters?

5. At the jail called The Tombs, what do the guards invent?

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