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

2. What does Father manufacture?
(a) Pianos and harps.
(b) Mason jars and Coke bottles.
(c) Flags, patriotic bunting and fireworks.
(d) Nuts and bolts.

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

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

5. Who did Houdini meet at a private function thrown by Mr. Stuyvesant Fish?
(a) Al Jolson.
(b) P. T. Barnum.
(c) Tavinia Warren Thumb.
(d) Theodore Dreiser.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Freud's judgment about America?

3. What do the Hebrew letters on storefronts look like to Evelyn?

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

5. What is Evelyn Nesbit doing before her husband's trial?

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