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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. Most people think that it was the work of a group of armed men, but what does the newspaper suggest?
(a) It was the work of one crazed killer.
(b) It was someone who mistook the station for a bank.
(c) It was the Fire Chief.
(d) It was an inside job.

2. Where does The Boy get some of Tateh's silhouettes?
(a) From a penny store in New Rochelle.
(b) At a flea market in New York.
(c) Where Younger Brother had thrown them in the trash.
(d) Evelyn Nesbit gives them to him.

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

4. How is it possible for them to travel cheaply?
(a) They can change lines at each rail terminus and keep going.
(b) They get a discount because of the girl.
(c) They slip into empty cattle cars and hide from the watchmen.
(d) They stop in each town and Tateh does his silhouettes.

5. What is the result when the newspapers succeed in getting the Model-T raised from the pond?
(a) The new police chief announced it was the work of communists.
(b) The photos in the papers made Coalhouse even angrier.
(c) No one was interested in coming to see it.
(d) The authorities were embarrassed because it showed the cruelty imposed on Coalhouse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What innovation of Henry Ford's was about to revolutionize American manufacturing?

2. What do the Hebrew letters on storefronts look like to Evelyn?

3. What became the decorating theme of that day after Morgan talked to Henry Ford?

4. What is worrying Mother back in New Rochelle?

5. What event is a great disappointment to Morgan?

(see the answer key)

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