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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. What does Evelyn hope for in her husband's trial?
(a) That her testimony will free him.
(b) That he will commit suicide.
(c) That he will be found guilty and locked up for life.
(d) That she won't have to testify.

2. Who does Mother call after she and the maid clean up the baby?
(a) A doctor and the police.
(b) Grandfather.
(c) The Welfare Department.
(d) Her next door neighbor.

3. What does the author show between the characters of Evelyn and Tateh?
(a) That everyone has a great opportunity in New York.
(b) That women have a harder time than men.
(c) That men have more talent than women.
(d) The vast cultural difference between classes at that time.

4. Why does Evelyn call the old man Tateh?
(a) Because he cannot pronounce his Hebrew name.
(b) Because his clothes looked tattered.
(c) Because she met him on Tateh Street.
(d) Because he would not tell her his real name.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of car is Evelyn being chauffeured in as she goes around in New York?

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

3. What does the arrival of the immigrants symbolize?

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

5. Seeing the man who has been following her, what does Evelyn think?

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