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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. At the jail called The Tombs, what do the guards invent?
(a) An escape-proof solitary confinement cell.
(b) New handcuffs that cannot be opened without a key.
(c) A jail cell that cannot be opened without a key and a combination.
(d) A new type of leg irons they claim to be inescapable.

2. How is it possible for them to travel cheaply?
(a) They stop in each town and Tateh does his silhouettes.
(b) They get a discount because of the girl.
(c) They slip into empty cattle cars and hide from the watchmen.
(d) They can change lines at each rail terminus and keep going.

3. To where does Younger Brother ride the streetcar?
(a) To Woolworth's.
(b) To the end of the line.
(c) To the community college.
(d) To the Rialto Theater.

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

5. Why does Father not go to the Pole with Perry?
(a) Father decides the whole thing is silly.
(b) Perry and Father do not get along well.
(c) Parts of Father's body keep on freezing each day.
(d) Father prefers to remain with the Esquimos.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes the Little Girl to stop working?

2. What is Father's great guilt?

3. What does Mameh finally do to make extra money?

4. From where does the North Pole expedition set off?

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

(see the answer key)

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