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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What did the "Old Yankee" run?
(a) A record store.
(b) A museum.
(c) A bank.
(d) A fishing bait shop.
2. What is the name of the story about Commodore Dutch?
(a) A Wonderous Man.
(b) A Hunting Man.
(c) A Sporting Man.
(d) A Lonely Man.
3. What is the title of the book Joe is writing?
(a) An Oral History of Our Time.
(b) An Examination of History.
(c) An Expansive History of Earth.
(d) A Brief History of the World.
4. What is Philippa a prodigy in?
(a) Writing.
(b) Music.
(c) Math.
(d) Painting.
5. Who does Mitchell describe as thieves?
(a) Gypsies.
(b) Joe Gould and people like him.
(c) Cave dwellers.
(d) Philippa Schuyler's parents.
6. What school did Joe attend?
(a) Notre Dame.
(b) Brown.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Yale.
7. What occupation does Jane dream of having?
(a) Stenographer.
(b) Model.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Author.
8. Mitchell claims to have often helped his father do which activity?
(a) Slaughter cows.
(b) Shovel snow.
(c) Clean abandoned homes.
(d) Hunt for deer.
9. Why did Jane decide not to shave her face?
(a) She accepted herself.
(b) She thought her beard made her more attractive.
(c) She found it to be unfeminist.
(d) She was not ashamed of her beard.
10. When was "The Old House at Home" opened?
(a) 1823.
(b) 1854.
(c) 1874.
(d) 1895.
11. How old is Philippa Duke Schuyler?
(a) 5.
(b) 14.
(c) 9.
(d) 21.
12. What is the name of the person Mitchell talks about in "A Mess of Clams"?
(a) Clock.
(b) Gould.
(c) Colborne.
(d) Barbee.
13. What did Charles often sell?
(a) Food.
(b) Odds and ends.
(c) Fishing bait.
(d) Antiques.
14. Who told Mitchell about the club for deaf people?
(a) John Smith.
(b) Jack Fitzsimmons.
(c) Samuel Frankenheim.
(d) Edgar Sinclair.
15. What trend became apparent for Mohawk Indian religion?
(a) Most Indians stayed true to their native religions.
(b) Most Indians became Catholic.
(c) Most Indians became atheists.
(d) Most Indians became Muslim.
Short Answer Questions
1. At McSorley's, what did the men gather around?
2. What is the name of the place in "The Obituary of a Fin Mill"?
3. Joe said that the animals in the streets were "aching souls" of what type of person?
4. Who was not allowed to enter "The Old House at Home"?
5. Where did Mitchell meet Archie Clock?
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