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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. Why does Harry K. Shaw receive special privileges in jail?
(a) Because he is the governor of New York.
(b) Because his father bribes the jailers.
(c) Because he is a close friend of the mayor.
(d) Because of his and Everlyn's celebrity.

2. How has The Boy changed?
(a) He is taller and has lost some of his fat.
(b) He has lost his interest in science.
(c) He has begun to copy Mother's Younger Brother.
(d) He is like a stranger to Father.

3. What is Goldman's political stance?
(a) Anarchism.
(b) Abolutionism.
(c) Socialism.
(d) Republicanism.

4. What does Father manufacture?
(a) Mason jars and Coke bottles.
(b) Flags, patriotic bunting and fireworks.
(c) Pianos and harps.
(d) Nuts and bolts.

5. Where do the police find the mother of the baby?
(a) In the cellar of a house in the next block.
(b) Up in a tree near Mother's house.
(c) In the railway station.
(d) Inside Mother's rain barrel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a theme established in the first two chapters?

2. Who becomes Evelyn's lover?

3. What is Matthew Henson's special knowledge that make him invaluable to Perry?

4. which immigrants are sent back home?

5. What causes the Little Girl to stop working?

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