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

2. At the jail called The Tombs, what do the guards invent?
(a) New handcuffs that cannot be opened without a key.
(b) A jail cell that cannot be opened without a key and a combination.
(c) An escape-proof solitary confinement cell.
(d) A new type of leg irons they claim to be inescapable.

3. What is Matthew Henson's special knowledge that make him invaluable to Perry?
(a) He has an uncanny sense of direction.
(b) He can perform surgery.
(c) He is an expert chef.
(d) He is good at repairing dog sleds.

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

5. Why does Father not go to the Pole with Perry?
(a) Perry and Father do not get along well.
(b) Father decides the whole thing is silly.
(c) Father prefers to remain with the Esquimos.
(d) Parts of Father's body keep on freezing each day.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Father see in his bathroom mirror after he returns?

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

4. Why does Harry K. Shaw receive special privileges in jail?

5. From where does the North Pole expedition set off?

(see the answer key)

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