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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapters 29, 30 and 31.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where does the story of RAGTIME begin?
(a) Manhattan, New York.
(b) Brooklyn, New York.
(c) Albany, New York.
(d) New Rochelle, New York.

4. What does Doctorow suggest Sigmund Freud's revenge on America was?
(a) Having so many psychiatrists in America.
(b) Sending his European students to America.
(c) Turning Carl Jung loose on America.
(d) Destroying sex in America forever.

5. Who wrote Morgan's favorite story, The Birthmark?
(a) Washington Irving.
(b) Edgar Allen Poe.
(c) Theodore Dreiser.
(d) Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Father go to the police?

2. At the trial, how does Evelyn depict herself at age fifteen?

3. What is the description of the man who led the attack on the fire station?

4. What happens when the Young Man hides in Goldman's closet?

5. What was a main reason for men losing their jobs about the turn of the century?

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