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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Evelyn call the old man Tateh?
(a) Because his clothes looked tattered.
(b) Because she met him on Tateh Street.
(c) Because he cannot pronounce his Hebrew name.
(d) Because he would not tell her his real name.

2. What does Father think about when he sees the new immigrants?
(a) That there are too many immigrants coming into the USA.
(b) That there will be more crime in New York.
(c) That there will be new competition for his business.
(d) That they all buy American flags.

3. In the late 1800s, what seemed to happen in one hundreds?
(a) Songs written; immigrant boats arrived; fires broke out.
(b) Elections held; charity balls held; new newspapers started.
(c) Roads built; farms shut down; factories opened.
(d) Negores lynched; miners burned alive; children mutilated.

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

5. Who was in the opposite cell of The Tombs as the great escape artist worked his feat?
(a) Al Jolson.
(b) Carl Jung.
(c) Harry K. Shaw.
(d) Theodore Dreiser.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are Tateh and the girl at home that day?

2. Who did Houdini meet at a private function thrown by Mr. Stuyvesant Fish?

3. What causes the Little Girl to stop working?

4. What does Father manufacture?

5. What does the arrival of the immigrants symbolize?

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