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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What change is obvious in Younger Brother?
(a) He has dyed his hair black.
(b) He has taken a job in New York City.
(c) He has had his photo in the newspapers with Evelyn Nesbit.
(d) He has taken to working twelve and fifteen hours a day.

3. What kind of car is Evelyn being chauffeured in as she goes around in New York?
(a) A Packard Limousine.
(b) A REO.
(c) A Ford Model A.
(d) A black Detroit Electric.

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

5. Who took up the dare to escape from The Tombs?
(a) John Dillinger.
(b) P. T. Barnum.
(c) Harry Houdini.
(d) Jesse James.

6. When Freud visited New York and saw the early motion pictures, what was his thought?
(a) These could be used on my patients.
(b) They hurt my eyes.
(c) At least they are silent.
(d) Americans have too much leisure time.

7. What is Matthew Henson's special knowledge that make him invaluable to Perry?
(a) He can perform surgery.
(b) He is good at repairing dog sleds.
(c) He has an uncanny sense of direction.
(d) He is an expert chef.

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

9. What does Mother insist on doing with the baby and its mother?
(a) Taking them to a shelter.
(b) Keeping them at her house.
(c) Sending them to the county jail.
(d) Keeping the baby and filing charges against the mother.

10. What causes the Little Girl to stop working?
(a) She falls and breaks her hand.
(b) She is forced to go to school.
(c) She gets tuberculosis.
(d) She is kidnapped by pimps.

11. What does the author show between the characters of Evelyn and Tateh?
(a) That men have more talent than women.
(b) The vast cultural difference between classes at that time.
(c) That women have a harder time than men.
(d) That everyone has a great opportunity in New York.

12. What happens when a woman striker is shot?
(a) The strike leaders are arrested for complicity.
(b) The workers attack the police.
(c) Tateh gets elected leader.
(d) The militia is called away.

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

14. What is a theme established in the first two chapters?
(a) Isolationism.
(b) Patriotism.
(c) Adventure.
(d) Immigartion.

15. With whom is Father planning to travel to the North Pole?
(a) David Livingstone.
(b) Admiral Robert Peary.
(c) Charles Lindburg.
(d) Ronald Amundsen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Harry K. Shaw receive special privileges in jail?

2. What stories does Grandfather tell The Boy?

3. What do Mameh, Tateh, and the Little Girl do to make a living?

4. How does Tateh entertain The Girl at home?

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

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