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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when the Young Man hides in Goldman's closet?
(a) He faints when he sees Evelyn in the nude.
(b) He covers his eyes when Godlman gives Evelyn a massage.
(c) He sees Evelyn naked and loses control.
(d) He gets caught when Goldman hangs up her coat.

2. What was a main reason for men losing their jobs about the turn of the century?
(a) Companies going bankrupt.
(b) Attempting to form unions.
(c) Catching tuberculosis.
(d) New immagrants working for less money.

3. What is worrying Mother back in New Rochelle?
(a) The roof is leading and there is no one to call a repairman.
(b) She is out of the money that Father left her.
(c) Father is still gone and she hasn't heard from Younger Brother in days.
(d) Little Boy is refusing to go to school.

4. To where does Younger Brother ride the streetcar?
(a) To the community college.
(b) To the end of the line.
(c) To Woolworth's.
(d) To the Rialto Theater.

5. Who did Houdini meet at a private function thrown by Mr. Stuyvesant Fish?
(a) Tavinia Warren Thumb.
(b) P. T. Barnum.
(c) Al Jolson.
(d) Theodore Dreiser.

6. What do Mother, The Boy, and Younger Brother do in the winter time?
(a) Skate on the New Rochelle pond.
(b) Take long sleigh rides.
(c) Stay inside by the fireplace.
(d) Clean sidewalks for sick people.

7. What does Doctorow suggest Sigmund Freud's revenge on America was?
(a) Having so many psychiatrists in America.
(b) Destroying sex in America forever.
(c) Turning Carl Jung loose on America.
(d) Sending his European students to America.

8. What does Father do with all the family watching?
(a) Shows them an Esquimo dance.
(b) Plays tunes on an ivory cared flute.
(c) Passes out gifts he brought back from the Arctic.
(d) Reads pages from his journal.

9. What does Evelyn do with most of her money?
(a) Donates it anonymously to socialist causes.
(b) Gives it to Tateh and the Girl.
(c) Buys all new clothes.
(d) Hides it under her mattress.

10. What does Evelyn hope for in her husband's trial?
(a) That he will commit suicide.
(b) That her testimony will free him.
(c) That he will be found guilty and locked up for life.
(d) That she won't have to testify.

11. Where is the train headed?
(a) Omaha.
(b) Boston.
(c) Cincinati.
(d) Philadelphia.

12. As the strike wears on, what is being done for the children?
(a) They are sent to private schools.
(b) They are enlisted to march in the picket lines.
(c) They are being boarded by wealthy families in other cities.
(d) They are given extra rations in the soup kitchens.

13. which immigrants are sent back home?
(a) Thos who cannot read.
(b) Those who are criminals.
(c) Those from Africa.
(d) Those too old or ill.

14. Who is on the mind of Mother's Younger Brother?
(a) Evelyn Nesbit.
(b) Clara Bow.
(c) Greta Garbo.
(d) Nora Desmond.

15. What happens with Tateh and his little girl after they left the Goldman lecture?
(a) They move into another tenement.
(b) They find a ship and return to Europe.
(c) Tateh decides they must leave the city where he had such bad luck.
(d) Tateh puts new locks on their door.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of labor was favored in the factories then?

2. What kind of car is Evelyn being chauffeured in as she goes around in New York?

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

4. Who was in the opposite cell of The Tombs as the great escape artist worked his feat?

5. What causes the Little Girl to stop working?

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