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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The winter The Boy was skating on the pond, where were Tateh and The Girl?
(a) Newark, New Jersey.
(b) Lawrence, Massachusetts.
(c) Bangor, Maine.
(d) New Haven, Connecticutt.

2. What plea does Shaw's mother want him to make in court but he flatly refuses?
(a) Self defense.
(b) Insanity.
(c) Amnesia.
(d) No lo contendre.

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

4. 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.

5. What was Freud's judgment about America?
(a) He said it was ahead of its time.
(b) He said it had left eruope behind.
(c) He said it was a gigantic mistake.
(d) He said it was a poor copy of Europe.

6. What does The Boy see on the ice?
(a) Old people skating slowly.
(b) Tracks of skate blades that soon are erased.
(c) Fishing holes cut into the ice.
(d) Dogs chasing children on the ice.

7. What does Evelyn receive in her divorce settlement?
(a) Nothing because of her affair with Younger Brother.
(b) $1,000,000.
(c) $25,000.
(d) One dollar.

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

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

10. Why does The Girl like the strike?
(a) It gets her out of the one room apartment.
(b) She likes the snow.
(c) She gets to wear her new coat.
(d) She gets to meet many people.

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

12. What do the Hebrew letters on storefronts look like to Evelyn?
(a) Tally marks.
(b) Scratches.
(c) Bones.
(d) Graffiti.

13. What does Tateh do for the strike organizers?
(a) He writes songs for the strikers to sing.
(b) He carries their luggage.
(c) He cooks their meals.
(d) He makes posters.

14. Where do Tateh and The Girl go to warm up after spending the night in the train station?
(a) A small cafe.
(b) A movie theater.
(c) A synagogue.
(d) A Philadelphia Department Store.

15. What does Riis call his colored map of Manhattan?
(a) A guide to the theaters.
(b) A crazy quilt of races.
(c) A colored chart of districts.
(d) Better than a train schedule.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who becomes Evelyn's lover?

2. As the strike wears on, what is being done for the children?

3. Who did Houdini meet at a private function thrown by Mr. Stuyvesant Fish?

4. What does Evelyn hope for in her husband's trial?

5. which immigrants are sent back home?

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