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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. What lecture does Emma Goldman give Younger Brother?
(a) That he should learn another trade and make some real money.
(b) That he should forget Evelyn and get on with his life.
(c) That he should organize the union in Father's business.
(d) That he should travel to the West Coast.

2. What happens at the Emerald Isle Fire Station?
(a) Coalhouse is not allowed to pass and his car is vandalized.
(b) Young brother goes to apply for a job.
(c) Father provides the bunting for a barbecue.
(d) Coalhouse and Sarah get married.

3. Why is it a busy time of the year for Father's business?
(a) It is nearly Valentine's Day.
(b) It is nearing the Fourth of July.
(c) It is close to New Year's Eve.
(d) It is the start of football season.

4. As the procession crosses into Brooklyn, what is seen settling on the rails of the Brooklyn Bridge?
(a) Bluebirds.
(b) Sparrows.
(c) Gulls.
(d) Small children.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes to try and talk Coalhouse into surrendering?

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

3. What is the result when the newspapers succeed in getting the Model-T raised from the pond?

4. Who in the family understands and admires Coalhouse?

5. How does the knowledge of Coalhouse Walker's activities eventually become known?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Morgan think about making automobiles available to the masses?

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

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

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

8. Why does J. P. Morgan want to meet with Henry Ford?

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

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

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