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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapters 32, 33 and 34.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do they do the day before the expedition heads out for the North Pole?
(a) Choose Esquimo women to drive their dog sleds.
(b) Spend a day in prayer and fasting.
(c) Climb the bird cliffs to catch birds and collect eggs.
(d) Tear down the igloos they had built on deck.

2. At the jail called The Tombs, what do the guards invent?
(a) A new type of leg irons they claim to be inescapable.
(b) A jail cell that cannot be opened without a key and a combination.
(c) New handcuffs that cannot be opened without a key.
(d) An escape-proof solitary confinement cell.

3. What do the Hebrew letters on storefronts look like to Evelyn?
(a) Graffiti.
(b) Scratches.
(c) Bones.
(d) Tally marks.

4. What could The Boy see in the polished rear doors of the Pierce Arrow hearse?
(a) The reflection of the sky.
(b) The image of a small black girl.
(c) The large wreath of red roses.
(d) The reflection of the entire street.

5. After his mother's death, what does Houdini set out to do?
(a) Find a baby that was born at the exact minute she died.
(b) Find a true medium who can communicate with the dead.
(c) Sue the doctors who did not keep her alive.
(d) Learn all he can about reincarnation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What lecture does Emma Goldman give Younger Brother?

2. Why is Houdini's mothers grave covered with a mound of small stones?

3. What does Morgan bring back from Europe every year?

4. What kind of music does Coalhouse play?

5. What does the arrival of the immigrants symbolize?

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