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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 11 and 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the royal person who came to see Houdini fly his plane?
(a) Queen Victoria.
(b) The Archduke Ferdinand.
(c) The Prince of Wales.
(d) The King of Spain.

2. What is the newspaperman, Jacob Riis, writing about at this time?
(a) Better housing for the poor.
(b) The music in Harlem.
(c) Stopping the flow of emigrants into the country.
(d) The trial of the century.

3. Who becomes Evelyn's lover?
(a) Tateh.
(b) Younger Brother.
(c) Goldman.
(d) Houdini.

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

5. What does Father present to commander Perry before he heads out to the North Pole?
(a) A pair of fur lined boots.
(b) A new American flag made in Father's factory.
(c) A leather bound Bible.
(d) A new music roll for his player piano.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the trial, how does Evelyn depict herself at age fifteen?

2. What does Houdini do in Germany?

3. Who does Mother call after she and the maid clean up the baby?

4. What does Evelyn hope for in her husband's trial?

5. What does Perry do after the flag is set up?

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