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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 14 and 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How has The Boy changed?
(a) He has begun to copy Mother's Younger Brother.
(b) He has lost his interest in science.
(c) He is taller and has lost some of his fat.
(d) He is like a stranger to Father.

4. What do Mameh, Tateh, and the Little Girl do to make a living?
(a) Take in boarders.
(b) Sell on the streets and sew patches by hand.
(c) Sing and dance on the streets.
(d) Make deliveries on bicycles.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the royal person who came to see Houdini fly his plane?

2. What is Goldman's political stance?

3. Why does Evelyn call the old man Tateh?

4. Where does The Boy get some of Tateh's silhouettes?

5. At the jail called The Tombs, what do the guards invent?

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