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

2. What is Little Boy wishing for?
(a) A new car for his family.
(b) An exciting life like Harry Houdini's.
(c) To go with Father to the North Pole.
(d) A new bicycle.

3. Why is the girl tied by a rope to the old man's wrists?
(a) Because the girl was insane.
(b) Because the old man was bline.
(c) Because the girl would dance when the rope was pulled.
(d) Because girls and women were often kidnapped.

4. What does Father notice as the expedition sails out of the harbor?
(a) How the temperature is already dropping.
(b) A rag ship arraving with new immigrants.
(c) The U.S. Navy escort ship.
(d) A fireworks display in thier honor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Evelyn go when she doesn't find Tateh and the girl one day?

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

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

4. Why does Evelyn call the old man Tateh?

5. Where does the story of RAGTIME begin?

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