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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Steamroller.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jimmy inherit from his mother's estate?
(a) Some bearer bonds.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Fifty-five hundred dollars.
(d) Just under a million.

2. What is Jimmy called by his friends when he throws them out of his room for making him fight?
(a) Jerk.
(b) Isolationist.
(c) Crybaby.
(d) Dummy.

3. What is the ship carrying that Schmidt will lose half his commission over if he doesn't get it off by the next day?
(a) Magnesium.
(b) Manganese.
(c) Asparagus.
(d) Artichokes.

4. Captain McAvoy is in the pilothouse of which tugboat?
(a) Astoria.
(b) Tonga.
(c) Sentinel.
(d) Prudence.

5. What building where mostly nice people live does Jimmy pass on Broadway on his way to buy some candy?
(a) The Station.
(b) The Ansonia.
(c) The Waldorf.
(d) The Plaza.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ellen's mother's name?

2. What does the man's wife who shaves at the end of "Ferryslip" say of his clean face?

3. What is the train called in New York besides the subway?

4. What is Emile's job in New York in "Metropolis"?

5. What turns Bill Ingersoll from an atheist to a Methodist?

(see the answer key)

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