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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. What famous person is in the auto accident in front of Father's house?
(a) J. P. Morgan.
(b) Harry Houdini.
(c) Evelyn Nesbit.
(d) Will Bill Cody.

2. What is Evelyn Nesbit doing before her husband's trial?
(a) Having an affair with the doorman.
(b) Shopping for new clothes to wear to her husband's trial.
(c) Rehearsing what she will say on the stand.
(d) Writing her memoirs.

3. What does Father observe about the game of baseball as opposed to the way they played at Harvard twenty years before?
(a) The uniforms were more practical now.
(b) It was crude rather than gentlemanly like at Harvard.
(c) The rules had changed quite a bit.
(d) At Harvard the team was made up of immigrants.

4. What do the police discover as they go through the wreckage of the demolished building?
(a) The building exploded because of an earthquake.
(b) The fire started when a cook stove blew up.
(c) A fireman had thrown a cigarette into a gas can.
(d) Two of the victims had been shot; it was a case of murder.

5. How does Tateh entertain The Girl at home?
(a) He teaches her how to dance.
(b) He teaches her old Yiddish songs.
(c) He makes silhouette thumb books for her to look at.
(d) He tells her stories of the old country.

Short Answer Questions

1. After a second trial, what sentence does Harry K. Shaw receive?

2. Who shows up driving a new Model-T in front of The Boy's house?

3. On the milk train going back to New Rochelle, what does Younger Brother contemplate?

4. Why do the police pay little attention to burglaries at Father's fireworks factory?

5. What does Doctorow suggest Sigmund Freud's revenge on America was?

(see the answer key)

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