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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was a main reason for men losing their jobs about the turn of the century?
(a) New immagrants working for less money.
(b) Companies going bankrupt.
(c) Attempting to form unions.
(d) Catching tuberculosis.

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

3. To where does Younger Brother ride the streetcar?
(a) To the end of the line.
(b) To the Rialto Theater.
(c) To Woolworth's.
(d) To the community college.

4. How is it possible for them to travel cheaply?
(a) They get a discount because of the girl.
(b) They stop in each town and Tateh does his silhouettes.
(c) They can change lines at each rail terminus and keep going.
(d) They slip into empty cattle cars and hide from the watchmen.

5. Why does Father not go to the Pole with Perry?
(a) Perry and Father do not get along well.
(b) Father prefers to remain with the Esquimos.
(c) Father decides the whole thing is silly.
(d) Parts of Father's body keep on freezing each day.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was in the opposite cell of The Tombs as the great escape artist worked his feat?

2. Who becomes Evelyn's lover?

3. What happens when the Young Man hides in Goldman's closet?

4. What does Evelyn see that causes her to order the driver to stop the car?

5. What does Father present to commander Perry before he heads out to the North Pole?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are Tateh and The Girl rescued from being separated?

2. What causes Harry K. Shaw to propose marriage to Evelyn Nesbit?

3. Why is Houdini thrown out of Bellevue Hospital?

4. How is Father sent off on his trip with the Perry expedition to the North Pole?

5. What crime is Harry K. Shaw accused of committing?

6. What does Evelyn see when she goes with Tateh to a socialist meeting?

7. What does the Franklin Novelty Company do with Tateh's books?

8. What becomes the fashion among the rich in turn of the century America?

9. What is Mother's concern about Younger Brother?

10. What is the nature of Evelyn's testimony in Harry's trial?

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