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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 he will be found guilty and locked up for life.
(b) That her testimony will free him.
(c) That he will commit suicide.
(d) That she won't have to testify.

2. 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) To their 2-room flat over a public bath.
(d) Back to her house to cry.

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

4. What was the physical condition of the rich prior to William Howard Taft becoming President?
(a) Wafer thin.
(b) Healthy and muscular.
(c) Generally obese.
(d) Sickly and pale.

5. At the trial, how does Evelyn depict herself at age fifteen?
(a) As a simple minded girl who would do anyrthing for any man.
(b) Sitting in a velvet swing as a wealthy industrialist ogled her calves.
(c) As a spoiled rich girl who destroyed men.
(d) As a waitress who wanted to be an actress.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the newspaperman, Jacob Riis, writing about at this time?

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

3. With whom is Father planning to travel to the North Pole?

4. What does Mameh finally do to make extra money?

5. In the late 1800s, what seemed to happen in one hundreds?

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