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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the newspaperman, Jacob Riis, writing about at this time?
(a) Better housing for the poor.
(b) The trial of the century.
(c) Stopping the flow of emigrants into the country.
(d) The music in Harlem.

2. What do the Hebrew letters on storefronts look like to Evelyn?
(a) Bones.
(b) Scratches.
(c) Graffiti.
(d) Tally marks.

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

4. What is a theme established in the first two chapters?
(a) Isolationism.
(b) Adventure.
(c) Immigartion.
(d) Patriotism.

5. To where does Younger Brother ride the streetcar?
(a) To the end of the line.
(b) To the Rialto Theater.
(c) To Woolworth's.
(d) To the community college.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why are Tateh and the girl at home that day?

3. What does Father think about when he sees the new immigrants?

4. What does Father notice as the expedition sails out of the harbor?

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

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