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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. Where does Evelyn go when she doesn't find Tateh and the girl one day?
(a) To the police to file a missing person's report.
(b) To a detective to look for them.
(c) Back to her house to cry.
(d) To their 2-room flat over a public bath.

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

3. What does Houdini do in Germany?
(a) Hang from a flying plane by his teeth.
(b) Learn to pilot a Voisin.
(c) Learn to play the violin.
(d) Walk on the wings of a flying plane.

4. Where do the police find the mother of the baby?
(a) Up in a tree near Mother's house.
(b) Inside Mother's rain barrel.
(c) In the railway station.
(d) In the cellar of a house in the next block.

5. Who took up the dare to escape from The Tombs?
(a) John Dillinger.
(b) Harry Houdini.
(c) Jesse James.
(d) P. T. Barnum.

Short Answer Questions

1. What famous person is in the auto accident in front of Father's house?

2. What does Perry do after the flag is set up?

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

4. which immigrants are sent back home?

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

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