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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On board the Roosevelt, how does Admiral Perry live?
(a) He takes an Esquimo woman for a bed warmer.
(b) He shares a cabin with Father and Matthew Henson.
(c) He lives as ruggedly as the Esquimos.
(d) He is the most comfortable with a player piano in his cabin.

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

3. Why does Father not go to the Pole with Perry?
(a) Parts of Father's body keep on freezing each day.
(b) Father decides the whole thing is silly.
(c) Father prefers to remain with the Esquimos.
(d) Perry and Father do not get along well.

4. After a second trial, what sentence does Harry K. Shaw receive?
(a) Life in prison.
(b) Remanded to the Manhattan Hospital for the Criminally Insane.
(c) Seven years in prison.
(d) The electric chair.

5. What does Mother find buried in her garden?
(a) A newborn baby.
(b) A litter of kittens.
(c) A treasure chest.
(d) Younger Brother's love letters.

6. What began to be heard in the ghettos?
(a) The people speaking English.
(b) The sounds of piano lessons.
(c) The calls of ice venders.
(d) The rattle of streetcars.

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

8. How is it possible for them to travel cheaply?
(a) They can change lines at each rail terminus and keep going.
(b) They stop in each town and Tateh does his silhouettes.
(c) They slip into empty cattle cars and hide from the watchmen.
(d) They get a discount because of the girl.

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

10. Who becomes Evelyn's lover?
(a) Younger Brother.
(b) Tateh.
(c) Goldman.
(d) Houdini.

11. What does Father present to commander Perry before he heads out to the North Pole?
(a) A pair of fur lined boots.
(b) A new American flag made in Father's factory.
(c) A new music roll for his player piano.
(d) A leather bound Bible.

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

13. Why is the girl tied by a rope to the old man's wrists?
(a) Because girls and women were often kidnapped.
(b) Because the girl was insane.
(c) Because the old man was bline.
(d) Because the girl would dance when the rope was pulled.

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

15. At the jail called The Tombs, what do the guards invent?
(a) New handcuffs that cannot be opened without a key.
(b) A jail cell that cannot be opened without a key and a combination.
(c) An escape-proof solitary confinement cell.
(d) A new type of leg irons they claim to be inescapable.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the royal person who came to see Houdini fly his plane?

2. What does Evelyn do with most of her money?

3. Why does The Girl like the strike?

4. What was the physical condition of the rich prior to William Howard Taft becoming President?

5. What does Father manufacture?

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