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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. Why does Harry K. Shaw receive special privileges in jail?
(a) Because he is a close friend of the mayor.
(b) Because he is the governor of New York.
(c) Because his father bribes the jailers.
(d) Because of his and Everlyn's celebrity.

2. What do they do the day before the expedition heads out for the North Pole?
(a) Tear down the igloos they had built on deck.
(b) Choose Esquimo women to drive their dog sleds.
(c) Spend a day in prayer and fasting.
(d) Climb the bird cliffs to catch birds and collect eggs.

3. What worries Father after the baseball game?
(a) He is afraid they have missed the train.
(b) He thinks he sees Coalhouse in the crowd.
(c) He thinks he should not have left Mother alone.
(d) A pickpocket has taken his wallet.

4. What stories does Grandfather tell The Boy?
(a) Aesop's fables.
(b) Tales from his youth.
(c) Tales of the Old West.
(d) Tales from Ovid.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Little Boy wishing for?

2. When Freud visited New York and saw the early motion pictures, what was his thought?

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

4. What does Mother notice about the change in Sarah's face?

5. What had Morgan once done for the U.S. government?

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