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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 14 and 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What famous person is in the auto accident in front of Father's house?
(a) J. P. Morgan.
(b) Evelyn Nesbit.
(c) Will Bill Cody.
(d) Harry Houdini.

4. After a second trial, what sentence does Harry K. Shaw receive?
(a) The electric chair.
(b) Seven years in prison.
(c) Remanded to the Manhattan Hospital for the Criminally Insane.
(d) Life in prison.

5. What has Mother accomplished during Father's absence?
(a) She has become a social worker.
(b) She has taken on executive responsibility for the business.
(c) She has cut her hair and started wearing the latest fashions.
(d) She has opened a music school in the parlor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who took up the dare to escape from The Tombs?

2. What does Father manufacture?

3. What is Goldman's political stance?

4. What type of labor was favored in the factories then?

5. To where does Younger Brother ride the streetcar?

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