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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. Who did Houdini meet at a private function thrown by Mr. Stuyvesant Fish?
(a) Tavinia Warren Thumb.
(b) P. T. Barnum.
(c) Theodore Dreiser.
(d) Al Jolson.

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

3. What happened often when Freud was around Jung?
(a) He had fainting fits.
(b) He wanted to throw up.
(c) He laughed uproarously.
(d) He listened intently.

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

5. What type of labor was favored in the factories then?
(a) Female labor.
(b) Child labor.
(c) Irish labor.
(d) Black labor.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom is Father planning to travel to the North Pole?

2. What was a main reason for men losing their jobs about the turn of the century?

3. Where are the immigrants ushered as they enter New York Harbor?

4. What famous person is in the auto accident in front of Father's house?

5. What does Riis call his colored map of Manhattan?

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