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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 11 and 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Doctorow suggest Sigmund Freud's revenge on America was?
(a) Turning Carl Jung loose on America.
(b) Having so many psychiatrists in America.
(c) Sending his European students to America.
(d) Destroying sex in America forever.

4. What do they do the day before the expedition heads out for the North Pole?
(a) Spend a day in prayer and fasting.
(b) Choose Esquimo women to drive their dog sleds.
(c) Tear down the igloos they had built on deck.
(d) Climb the bird cliffs to catch birds and collect eggs.

5. When Freud visited New York and saw the early motion pictures, what was his thought?
(a) Americans have too much leisure time.
(b) These could be used on my patients.
(c) At least they are silent.
(d) They hurt my eyes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Houdini brooding while walking the streets of New York?

2. Where does the story of RAGTIME begin?

3. What plea does Shaw's mother want him to make in court but he flatly refuses?

4. Where does Evelyn go when she doesn't find Tateh and the girl one day?

5. What does Evelyn see that causes her to order the driver to stop the car?

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