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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who were most of the mourners at Sarah's funeral?
(a) New York policemen.
(b) Father, Mother, Younger Brother, and The Boy.
(c) Hired mourners.
(d) Musician friends of Coalhouse.

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

3. Who captures Mother's interest in Atlantic City?
(a) The fat New Yorkers.
(b) Baron Ashkenazy.
(c) The family from Philadelphia.
(d) A child who comes to play with the baby.

4. What happens at the Emerald Isle Fire Station?
(a) Father provides the bunting for a barbecue.
(b) Young brother goes to apply for a job.
(c) Coalhouse is not allowed to pass and his car is vandalized.
(d) Coalhouse and Sarah get married.

5. What is the description of the man who led the attack on the fire station?
(a) A man who looked a lot like the Fire Chief.
(b) An unidentified Negro male.
(c) A short man with coal dust on his face.
(d) A stout man wearing a bandana mask.

6. What resemblance does Morgan see in Henry Ford?
(a) A resemblance to Napoleon Bonapart.
(b) A resemblance to Thomas Jefferson.
(c) A resemblance of Sethi I, Pharoah of Egypt.
(d) A resemblance to a golden eagle.

7. Who does Younger Brother attach himself to in Mexico?
(a) Simon Bolivar.
(b) Francisco Villa.
(c) Maximilliano.
(d) Santa Ana.

8. What does Younger Brother tell Emilio Zapata?
(a) That he can make bombs and repair rifles.
(b) That he is an expert sniper.
(c) That he can get recruits from New York.
(d) That he knows President Taft.

9. What do the police discover as they go through the wreckage of the demolished building?
(a) The fire started when a cook stove blew up.
(b) The building exploded because of an earthquake.
(c) Two of the victims had been shot; it was a case of murder.
(d) A fireman had thrown a cigarette into a gas can.

10. Where do the cars come from that are used in the attacks?
(a) Younger Brother rents them.
(b) Emma Goldman arranges for them.
(c) The boys steal them and return them undamaged.
(d) Communists loan them to Coalhouse.

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

12. What does Father propose to do for Coalhouse?
(a) Buy Coalhouse a new car.
(b) Pay Coalhouse's employer to increase his salary.
(c) Find Coalhouse a much better job.
(d) Repair the car and bribe the Fire House to return it.

13. Why does Coalhouse accept Younger Brother's help?
(a) Younger Brother has joined the Communist Party.
(b) Younger Brother knows where Coalhouse's son is.
(c) Younger Brother has dyed his blong hair black.
(d) Younger Brother says he can make bombs.

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

15. At that time, who was at the top of the business pyramid in the USA?
(a) Astor.
(b) Rockefeller.
(c) J. P. Morgan.
(d) Carnegie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mother notice about the change in Sarah's face?

2. Who comes to try and talk Coalhouse into surrendering?

3. What does the family learn about Coalhouse Walker, Jr.?

4. What event is a great disappointment to Morgan?

5. What lecture does Emma Goldman give Younger Brother?

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