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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 622-716.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Mazie spend most of her evenings?
(a) Reading about poverty.
(b) Cleaning up the theater.
(c) Working at the food mission.
(d) Walking around the streets.

2. Which person was known as Houdini in Harlem?
(a) Colborne.
(b) Sinclair.
(c) Barbee.
(d) Smith.

3. Jim's companion compares which of the following to necessary oil?
(a) Water.
(b) Food.
(c) Liquor.
(d) Love.

4. Who is described as the "Old Yankee"?
(a) Charles Cassell.
(b) Daniel O'Connell.
(c) Mazie Gordon.
(d) John McSorley.

5. Mitchell claims to have often helped his father do which activity?
(a) Slaughter cows.
(b) Clean abandoned homes.
(c) Shovel snow.
(d) Hunt for deer.

Short Answer Questions

1. The story about which person or people leaves the reader hanging most?

2. Why did the owner of McSorley's change the name?

3. What is the restaurant called in "I Couldn't Dope It Out"?

4. Where did Gould want 2/3 of his manuscript to go?

5. What occupation does Jane dream of having?

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