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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 is Houdini's mothers grave covered with a mound of small stones?
(a) It is a Jewish custome to leave a samll stone at every visit to a gravesite.
(b) They are there to discourage grave robbers.
(c) Each stone has a message written on it.
(d) It is a new cenetary and no grass has been planted yert.

2. Who were most of the mourners at Sarah's funeral?
(a) Musician friends of Coalhouse.
(b) New York policemen.
(c) Father, Mother, Younger Brother, and The Boy.
(d) Hired mourners.

3. On the milk train going back to New Rochelle, what does Younger Brother contemplate?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Getting married.
(c) A new poem.
(d) Buying a Model-T.

4. What resemblance does Morgan see in Henry Ford?
(a) A resemblance to Thomas Jefferson.
(b) A resemblance of Sethi I, Pharoah of Egypt.
(c) A resemblance to a golden eagle.
(d) A resemblance to Napoleon Bonapart.

5. At that time, who was at the top of the business pyramid in the USA?
(a) Carnegie.
(b) J. P. Morgan.
(c) Astor.
(d) Rockefeller.

Short Answer Questions

1. When a reporter looks up Houdini to get his reaction to the escape, where is he found?

2. What does Coalhouse Walker, Jr., do to identify himself.

3. Why does Baron Ashkenazy say his daughter is sad and seldom speaks?

4. As the procession crosses into Brooklyn, what is seen settling on the rails of the Brooklyn Bridge?

5. What kind of music does Coalhouse play?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What causes the theater to shake where Houdini is performing?

3. What becomes of Younger Brother?

4. What causes Younger Brother to run out of the parlor one evening after dinner?

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

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

7. After Coalhouse arranges for his gang to escape, what happens to him?

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

9. What remarkable innovation in manufacturing took place about this time?

10. What brings Younger Brother back to life after his breakup with Evelyn?

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