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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 do Mother, The Boy, and Younger Brother do in the winter time?
(a) Take long sleigh rides.
(b) Stay inside by the fireplace.
(c) Clean sidewalks for sick people.
(d) Skate on the New Rochelle pond.

2. What is a theme established in the first two chapters?
(a) Patriotism.
(b) Adventure.
(c) Immigartion.
(d) Isolationism.

3. What does Father think about when he sees the new immigrants?
(a) That there are too many immigrants coming into the USA.
(b) That there will be more crime in New York.
(c) That they all buy American flags.
(d) That there will be new competition for his business.

4. What does Father present to commander Perry before he heads out to the North Pole?
(a) A pair of fur lined boots.
(b) A leather bound Bible.
(c) A new music roll for his player piano.
(d) A new American flag made in Father's factory.

5. What do Mameh, Tateh, and the Little Girl do to make a living?
(a) Sell on the streets and sew patches by hand.
(b) Sing and dance on the streets.
(c) Take in boarders.
(d) Make deliveries on bicycles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when a woman striker is shot?

2. What does Mother find buried in her garden?

3. Seeing the man who has been following her, what does Evelyn think?

4. At the trial, how does Evelyn depict herself at age fifteen?

5. What does Mameh finally do to make extra money?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Perry's attitude towards the Esquimo people?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why is Houdini thrown out of Bellevue Hospital?

10. What is it that Evelyn Nesbit does not understand when she sees The Girl tied to her father?

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