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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Chapter 40.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Is Perry able to locate the exact spot of the North Pole?
(a) No, but there is no doubt he was there.
(b) Yes, because of the red and white pole standing there.
(c) Yes, because the house of Santa Claus is there.
(d) No, because the compass does not function there.

2. What is the first response to the police from the museum?
(a) A mutilated Rembrandt.
(b) Dead silence.
(c) A grenade thrown into the street.
(d) A gun shot.

3. Who in the family understands and admires Coalhouse?
(a) Father.
(b) The Boy.
(c) Mother.
(d) Younger Brother.

4. Who is arrested after Coalhouse takes over the museum?
(a) Father.
(b) Houdini.
(c) Younger Brother.
(d) Emma Goldman.

5. At the trial, how does Evelyn depict herself at age fifteen?
(a) As a simple minded girl who would do anyrthing for any man.
(b) As a waitress who wanted to be an actress.
(c) As a spoiled rich girl who destroyed men.
(d) Sitting in a velvet swing as a wealthy industrialist ogled her calves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Father think about when he sees the new immigrants?

2. What does Father observe about the game of baseball as opposed to the way they played at Harvard twenty years before?

3. What happens at the Emerald Isle Fire Station?

4. What could The Boy see in the polished rear doors of the Pierce Arrow hearse?

5. What do the police discover as they go through the wreckage of the demolished building?

(see the answer key)

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