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

2. What type of labor was favored in the factories then?
(a) Female labor.
(b) Black labor.
(c) Irish labor.
(d) Child labor.

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

4. What is Little Boy wishing for?
(a) To go with Father to the North Pole.
(b) An exciting life like Harry Houdini's.
(c) A new bicycle.
(d) A new car for his family.

5. What famous person is in the auto accident in front of Father's house?
(a) J. P. Morgan.
(b) Evelyn Nesbit.
(c) Harry Houdini.
(d) Will Bill Cody.

Short Answer Questions

1. To where does Younger Brother ride the streetcar?

2. Where does the story of RAGTIME begin?

3. From where does the North Pole expedition set off?

4. What causes the Little Girl to stop working?

5. What began to be heard in the ghettos?

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