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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 25 and 26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the Negro man goes to the back door and asks for Sarah, what happens?
(a) Mother goes upstairs but Sarah refuses to come down.
(b) Mother invites him in for tea.
(c) The Boy asks if he can ride in his car.
(d) Mother tells him to go away and never return.

2. What does Father think about when he sees the new immigrants?
(a) That there will be more crime in New York.
(b) That they all buy American flags.
(c) That there are too many immigrants coming into the USA.
(d) That there will be new competition for his business.

3. At that time, who was at the top of the business pyramid in the USA?
(a) Astor.
(b) Rockefeller.
(c) J. P. Morgan.
(d) Carnegie.

4. What do Mameh, Tateh, and the Little Girl do to make a living?
(a) Sing and dance on the streets.
(b) Make deliveries on bicycles.
(c) Take in boarders.
(d) Sell on the streets and sew patches by hand.

5. In the late 1800s, what seemed to happen in one hundreds?
(a) Elections held; charity balls held; new newspapers started.
(b) Songs written; immigrant boats arrived; fires broke out.
(c) Roads built; farms shut down; factories opened.
(d) Negores lynched; miners burned alive; children mutilated.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Evelyn hope for in her husband's trial?

2. The winter The Boy was skating on the pond, where were Tateh and The Girl?

3. What lecture does Emma Goldman give Younger Brother?

4. What does Evelyn see that causes her to order the driver to stop the car?

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

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