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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. What is a theme established in the first two chapters?
(a) Immigartion.
(b) Patriotism.
(c) Isolationism.
(d) Adventure.

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

3. What do most of the 1mmigrants find as they settle in New York?
(a) They have free housing and food.
(b) They find many good paying jobs.
(c) They still have to struggle to survive.
(d) They cannot locate their relatives.

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

5. What is Evelyn Nesbit doing before her husband's trial?
(a) Having an affair with the doorman.
(b) Writing her memoirs.
(c) Rehearsing what she will say on the stand.
(d) Shopping for new clothes to wear to her husband's trial.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was a popular type of entertainment show in those days?

2. What does Father notice as the expedition sails out of the harbor?

3. What do Mameh, Tateh, and the Little Girl do to make a living?

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

5. What does Doctorow suggest Sigmund Freud's revenge on America was?

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