View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Mother find buried in her garden?
(a) Younger Brother's love letters.
(b) A newborn baby.
(c) A treasure chest.
(d) A litter of kittens.

3. What does Evelyn hope for in her husband's trial?
(a) That she won't have to testify.
(b) That he will commit suicide.
(c) That he will be found guilty and locked up for life.
(d) That her testimony will free him.

4. What does Perry do after the flag is set up?
(a) He has sex with an Esquimo woman.
(b) He dances a jig.
(c) He rolls in the snow.
(d) He takes photos.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do Mameh, Tateh, and the Little Girl do to make a living?

3. What stories does Grandfather tell The Boy?

4. What has Mother accomplished during Father's absence?

5. What does the arrival of the immigrants symbolize?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What sight as they sail out of New York Harbor depresses Father?

3. What does The boy see Mother do in the back garden?

4. What are Tateh's plans for him and The Girl as they leave New York?

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

6. Explain how Harry K. Shaw gets to see Harry Houdini.

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

8. What is Evelyn doing with Younger Brother after Tateh and The girl leave?

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

10. What happens when Tateh is working in the Mills in Lawrence, Massachusetts?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 607 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample