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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. In reality, who are the baron and his daughter?
(a) A Vaudeville father and daughter act.
(b) Tateh and The Girl.
(c) A labor organizer and his niece.
(d) Movie actors from Edison's studio.

2. Where do the cars come from that are used in the attacks?
(a) The boys steal them and return them undamaged.
(b) Emma Goldman arranges for them.
(c) Communists loan them to Coalhouse.
(d) Younger Brother rents them.

3. What does Mother notice about the change in Sarah's face?
(a) She pities her because she is so plain.
(b) She is awed by her beauty.
(c) She thinks Sarah's face was getting darker.
(d) She notices Sarah has broken out in a rash.

4. Where do Father and The Boy go in spite of the tension surrounding Coalhouse's being at large?
(a) To Coney Island.
(b) On a drive through Harlem.
(c) A Giants baseball game.
(d) To see the Statue of Liberty.

5. Who does Younger Brother attach himself to in Mexico?
(a) Santa Ana.
(b) Francisco Villa.
(c) Maximilliano.
(d) Simon Bolivar.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who in the family understands and admires Coalhouse?

2. What worries Father after the baseball game?

3. How do Father and Mother sometimes travel down the boardwalk in Atlantic City?

4. At that time, who was at the top of the business pyramid in the USA?

5. What had actually exploded that night?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Sarah's funeral like?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What becomes of Younger Brother?

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

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