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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 is a theme established in the first two chapters?
(a) Immigartion.
(b) Isolationism.
(c) Adventure.
(d) Patriotism.

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

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

4. What has The Boy taken to doing now that Sarah is communicative?
(a) Playing with the baby.
(b) Reading to Sarah.
(c) Asking Sarah endless questions.
(d) Drawing pictures for Sarah.

5. What happens when Tateh is beaten by the police and the train The Girl is on starts to move?
(a) He grabs a gun from a militiaman and starts shooting.
(b) He sits down and starts crying.
(c) He runs and grabs onto the back guardrail of the train.
(d) He calls down a curse from heaven.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Freud's judgment about America?

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

3. What is Father's great guilt?

4. Where does Harry K. Thaw go after his escape?

5. What famous person is in the auto accident in front of Father's house?

(see the answer key)

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