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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 is a theme established in the first two chapters?
(a) Isolationism.
(b) Immigartion.
(c) Adventure.
(d) Patriotism.

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

3. Why is the girl tied by a rope to the old man's wrists?
(a) Because the old man was bline.
(b) Because the girl would dance when the rope was pulled.
(c) Because girls and women were often kidnapped.
(d) Because the girl was insane.

4. Where are the immigrants ushered as they enter New York Harbor?
(a) Ellis Island.
(b) Manhattan Island.
(c) Long Island.
(d) Staten Island.

5. What kind of car is Evelyn being chauffeured in as she goes around in New York?
(a) A Packard Limousine.
(b) A REO.
(c) A Ford Model A.
(d) A black Detroit Electric.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when the Young Man hides in Goldman's closet?

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

3. What do most of the 1mmigrants find as they settle in New York?

4. What does Doctorow suggest Sigmund Freud's revenge on America was?

5. How is it possible for them to travel cheaply?

(see the answer key)

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