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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. Where is the train headed?
(a) Cincinati.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) Boston.
(d) Omaha.

2. Why does Harry K. Shaw receive special privileges in jail?
(a) Because he is a close friend of the mayor.
(b) Because he is the governor of New York.
(c) Because of his and Everlyn's celebrity.
(d) Because his father bribes the jailers.

3. What does Father notice as the expedition sails out of the harbor?
(a) How the temperature is already dropping.
(b) A rag ship arraving with new immigrants.
(c) The U.S. Navy escort ship.
(d) A fireworks display in thier honor.

4. Who was the royal person who came to see Houdini fly his plane?
(a) The King of Spain.
(b) The Prince of Wales.
(c) Queen Victoria.
(d) The Archduke Ferdinand.

5. What does Father do with all the family watching?
(a) Plays tunes on an ivory cared flute.
(b) Passes out gifts he brought back from the Arctic.
(c) Reads pages from his journal.
(d) Shows them an Esquimo dance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Freud's judgment about America?

2. What happened often when Freud was around Jung?

3. What does Father find on Mother's bedside table?

4. What famous person is in the auto accident in front of Father's house?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Father's condition when he returns form the Arctic?

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

4. What does The Boy think bronze statues are?

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

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

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

8. Why does socialite Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish bring Houdini and circus freaks to her house?

9. Why is Houdini thrown out of Bellevue Hospital?

10. What idea does Tateh have that makes them money.

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