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

2. What had actually exploded that night?
(a) The boiler of the overturned fire wagon.
(b) fireworks at Father's plant.
(c) A small canon.
(d) A homemade bomb.

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

4. Where does Harry K. Thaw go after his escape?
(a) Canada.
(b) To Evelyn's apartment.
(c) To New Rochelle.
(d) Europe.

5. After his mother's death, what does Houdini set out to do?
(a) Learn all he can about reincarnation.
(b) Sue the doctors who did not keep her alive.
(c) Find a baby that was born at the exact minute she died.
(d) Find a true medium who can communicate with the dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were most of the mourners at Sarah's funeral?

2. What is the truth about Baron Ashkenazy?

3. What are the ages of Coalhouse's followers?

4. What event is a great disappointment to Morgan?

5. In reality, who are the baron and his daughter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Younger Brother do that the family is completely unaware of?

2. What does Father decide to do to make up for the time he has not spent with The Boy?

3. What suddenly worries Sarah after the Fire House incident?

4. Describe Morgan's buildings on Madison Avenue in Murray Hill.

5. What happens on Houdini's tour of Europe?

6. What becomes fashionable because of Morgan's obsession with Egyptology?

7. How have the fortunes of Tateh and The girl changed?

8. Why does Father return alone to New York, leaving the family in Atlantic City.

9. When the police cannot find Coalhouse, what does Father do?

10. What becomes of Younger Brother?

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