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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. On board the Roosevelt, how does Admiral Perry live?
(a) He is the most comfortable with a player piano in his cabin.
(b) He shares a cabin with Father and Matthew Henson.
(c) He takes an Esquimo woman for a bed warmer.
(d) He lives as ruggedly as the Esquimos.

2. What stories does Grandfather tell The Boy?
(a) Aesop's fables.
(b) Tales from Ovid.
(c) Tales from his youth.
(d) Tales of the Old West.

3. What does Riis call his colored map of Manhattan?
(a) A colored chart of districts.
(b) A crazy quilt of races.
(c) A guide to the theaters.
(d) Better than a train schedule.

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

5. What does Mother find buried in her garden?
(a) A newborn baby.
(b) A treasure chest.
(c) A litter of kittens.
(d) Younger Brother's love letters.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mother call after she and the maid clean up the baby?

2. What does Perry do after the flag is set up?

3. What does The Boy see on the ice?

4. Why are Tateh and the girl at home that day?

5. Who becomes Evelyn's lover?

(see the answer key)

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