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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. which immigrants are sent back home?
(a) Those from Africa.
(b) Those who are criminals.
(c) Thos who cannot read.
(d) Those too old or ill.

2. What does the arrival of the immigrants symbolize?
(a) That the weather will turn bad.
(b) That a famine is headed for America.
(c) That the world economy is failing.
(d) That there are changes coming for the country.

3. Who took up the dare to escape from The Tombs?
(a) John Dillinger.
(b) P. T. Barnum.
(c) Jesse James.
(d) Harry Houdini.

4. What does the author show between the characters of Evelyn and Tateh?
(a) That men have more talent than women.
(b) That women have a harder time than men.
(c) The vast cultural difference between classes at that time.
(d) That everyone has a great opportunity in New York.

5. What began to be heard in the ghettos?
(a) The calls of ice venders.
(b) The sounds of piano lessons.
(c) The people speaking English.
(d) The rattle of streetcars.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Harry K. Shaw receive special privileges in jail?

2. What is a theme established in the first two chapters?

3. Who was in the opposite cell of The Tombs as the great escape artist worked his feat?

4. What does Father think about when he sees the new immigrants?

5. Who is on the mind of Mother's Younger Brother?

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