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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. Who arrives in a white town car and shoots a policeman and bombs Municipal Fire Station No. 2?
(a) Coalhouse and Younger Brother.
(b) Coalhouse and some Italians.
(c) Several black men holding shotguns.
(d) Masked men as undercover policemen.

2. What worries Father after the baseball game?
(a) A pickpocket has taken his wallet.
(b) He is afraid they have missed the train.
(c) He thinks he sees Coalhouse in the crowd.
(d) He thinks he should not have left Mother alone.

3. Why does Baron Ashkenazy say his daughter is sad and seldom speaks?
(a) She was missing Europe.
(b) Her mother had died some years ago.
(c) She had lost her kitten.
(d) She suffered from migraines.

4. What had Morgan once done for the U.S. government?
(a) Served as Secretary of the Treasury.
(b) Imported gold for the national treasury.
(c) Arranged a loan that kept it out of bankruptcy.
(d) Subsidized the military.

5. Where does Father and the family go to get away from the tension?
(a) New York City.
(b) Atlantic City.
(c) Boston.
(d) Philadelphia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What physical abnormality does Pierpont Morgan have?

2. What happens when Red Jack Murray hits a high pop up ball?

3. Who shows up driving a new Model-T in front of The Boy's house?

4. What happens one night that shakes the theater where Houdini had just performed?

5. Who wrote Morgan's favorite story, The Birthmark?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. That spring, what happens at the Matteawan State Prison Farm?

3. What happens to Sarah at the rally?

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

5. What plans do Father and Mother make to get away from the Coalhouse problem?

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

7. How do the police learn about the history of Coalhouse Walker, Jr.?

8. How does Mother's and Father's relationship change in Atlantic City?

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

10. Why is Emma Goldman arrested after Coalhouse takes over the museum?

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