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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. Who was in the opposite cell of The Tombs as the great escape artist worked his feat?
(a) Theodore Dreiser.
(b) Carl Jung.
(c) Al Jolson.
(d) Harry K. Shaw.

2. What does Mother find buried in her garden?
(a) A litter of kittens.
(b) A newborn baby.
(c) A treasure chest.
(d) Younger Brother's love letters.

3. What was a popular type of entertainment show in those days?
(a) Color motion pictures.
(b) Classic concerts.
(c) Sing alongs.
(d) Minstrels in black face.

4. What is worrying Mother back in New Rochelle?
(a) Little Boy is refusing to go to school.
(b) She is out of the money that Father left her.
(c) The roof is leading and there is no one to call a repairman.
(d) Father is still gone and she hasn't heard from Younger Brother in days.

5. What happened often when Freud was around Jung?
(a) He listened intently.
(b) He laughed uproarously.
(c) He had fainting fits.
(d) He wanted to throw up.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Harry K. Shaw receive special privileges in jail?

2. At the jail called The Tombs, what do the guards invent?

3. What was a main reason for men losing their jobs about the turn of the century?

4. Why is the girl tied by a rope to the old man's wrists?

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

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