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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sarah decide to do to help Coalhouse?
(a) Picket the Emerald Isle fire station.
(b) Start a petition.
(c) Petition the United States Government.
(d) Contact Emma Goldman.

2. What does the family learn about Coalhouse Walker, Jr.?
(a) That he is not the father of Sarah's baby.
(b) That he is an opera singer.
(c) That he has connections to the mob.
(d) That he is an accomplished pianist.

3. What happens one night that shakes the theater where Houdini had just performed?
(a) A German bomb attack on New York.
(b) An explosion at the Emerald Isle Fire House.
(c) A boiler blew up in the theater.
(d) A head-on train wreck.

4. What returns to Father at the sea in Atlantic City?
(a) His hair begins to grow again on top of his head.
(b) Father's desire to make love to Mother.
(c) His color returns to normal.
(d) His weight begins to drop off.

5. What happened to Ben Reitman in San Diego?
(a) He had been tarred and feathered.
(b) He had performed in shakespeare plays.
(c) He had won his first boxing match.
(d) He had been beaten and thrown in the ocean.

6. Who wrote Morgan's favorite story, The Birthmark?
(a) Washington Irving.
(b) Theodore Dreiser.
(c) Nathaniel Hawthorne.
(d) Edgar Allen Poe.

7. Who cares for the baby while Sarah lay dying in the hospital?
(a) Mother holds the baby constantly.
(b) Coalhouse comes and looks after the baby.
(c) The Boy takes charge of the baby.
(d) Younger Brother moves into Sarah's room and cares for the baby.

8. What happens when Red Jack Murray hits a high pop up ball?
(a) It hits Father in the face.
(b) Everyone boos the pitcher.
(c) The umpire gets hit in the head.
(d) The Boy catches it.

9. What had actually exploded that night?
(a) fireworks at Father's plant.
(b) The boiler of the overturned fire wagon.
(c) A homemade bomb.
(d) A small canon.

10. What kind of music does Coalhouse play?
(a) Ragtime.
(b) Minstrel show tunes.
(c) Modern jazz.
(d) Classical.

11. What happens to Coalhouse after he comes out of the museum with his hands raised?
(a) He is taken to jail.
(b) He is attacked by Willie Conklin.
(c) He is executed in a volly of gunfire.
(d) He gets away when the generators fail.

12. Where does Harry K. Thaw go after his escape?
(a) To New Rochelle.
(b) Europe.
(c) Canada.
(d) To Evelyn's apartment.

13. What is Father worried about after the murders?
(a) That someone will try to blow up their house.
(b) That they have Coalhouse's baby in their home.
(c) That Coalhouse may run to them for refuge.
(d) That the community will think they helped Coalhouse commit the crime.

14. What could The Boy see in the polished rear doors of the Pierce Arrow hearse?
(a) The large wreath of red roses.
(b) The reflection of the sky.
(c) The image of a small black girl.
(d) The reflection of the entire street.

15. How does the knowledge of Coalhouse Walker's activities eventually become known?
(a) Coalhouse writes everything down to be opened after his death.
(b) One of the gang members drops out and goes to the police.
(c) Younger Brother keeps a diary of every day with Coalhouse.
(d) A black lawyer gets information from one of Coalhouse's gang.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Coalhouse say that causes Sarah to cry and hold the baby?

2. Most people think that it was the work of a group of armed men, but what does the newspaper suggest?

3. Where do the cars come from that are used in the attacks?

4. What happens to Sarah as she tries to approach a man she thought was the President?

5. What happens to Sarah in the hospital?

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