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

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

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

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

5. What do Mameh, Tateh, and the Little Girl do to make a living?
(a) Make deliveries on bicycles.
(b) Take in boarders.
(c) Sell on the streets and sew patches by hand.
(d) Sing and dance on the streets.

Short Answer Questions

1. To where does Younger Brother ride the streetcar?

2. What does Father manufacture?

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

4. Who was in the opposite cell of The Tombs as the great escape artist worked his feat?

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

(see the answer key)

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