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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who comes to try and talk Coalhouse into surrendering?
(a) Willie Conklin.
(b) Mother.
(c) Booker T. Washington.
(d) Emma Goldman.

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

3. Why is Houdini's mothers grave covered with a mound of small stones?
(a) Each stone has a message written on it.
(b) It is a new cenetary and no grass has been planted yert.
(c) They are there to discourage grave robbers.
(d) It is a Jewish custome to leave a samll stone at every visit to a gravesite.

4. On the milk train going back to New Rochelle, what does Younger Brother contemplate?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Buying a Model-T.
(c) Getting married.
(d) A new poem.

5. What happens to Sarah in the hospital?
(a) Coalhouse breaks their engagement.
(b) Sarah losses her memory.
(c) She recovers.
(d) She dies.

6. Where does Younger Brother go?
(a) Canada.
(b) Washington state.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Alaska.

7. What happens to Sarah as she tries to approach a man she thought was the President?
(a) She is hit in the chest with the butt of a rifle.
(b) She is trampled by the crowd.
(c) She is turned away and not allowed to come close.
(d) Sheis stoned by the crowd.

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

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

10. Who does Morgan want to meet?
(a) Sarah Burnhardt.
(b) Father.
(c) Henry Ford.
(d) Evelyn Nesbit.

11. How is the funeral described?
(a) Bleak.
(b) Lavish.
(c) Small and intimate.
(d) Pitiful.

12. What newsworthy event happens at Matteawan State Prison Farm in the spring?
(a) Harry K. Thaw is executed.
(b) Harry K. Thaw escapes.
(c) Harry K. Thaw is given a new trial.
(d) Harry K. thaw is released.

13. Who gets the rebuilt Model-T?
(a) Younger Brother.
(b) Willie conklin.
(c) Father.
(d) Emma Goldman.

14. Who is arrested after Coalhouse takes over the museum?
(a) Emma Goldman.
(b) Younger Brother.
(c) Houdini.
(d) Father.

15. How does Morgan dress?
(a) Simply, like a laborer.
(b) Extravagantly, like a prince.
(c) Expensive clothes slightly out of fashion.
(d) Fashionably for his day.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What could The Boy see in the polished rear doors of the Pierce Arrow hearse?

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

4. What does Morgan bring back from Europe every year?

5. What physical abnormality does Pierpont Morgan have?

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