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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Chapter 40.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Houdini brooding while walking the streets of New York?
(a) He cannot come up with any new tricks because he has done them all.
(b) It is real world adventures that people remember and not his magic tricks.
(c) He wants to become a pilot but no one will teach him.
(d) He is thinking about the possibility of his death.

2. What does Perry do after the flag is set up?
(a) He rolls in the snow.
(b) He dances a jig.
(c) He has sex with an Esquimo woman.
(d) He takes photos.

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

4. 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.

5. What happens when Tateh is beaten by the police and the train The Girl is on starts to move?
(a) He runs and grabs onto the back guardrail of the train.
(b) He sits down and starts crying.
(c) He calls down a curse from heaven.
(d) He grabs a gun from a militiaman and starts shooting.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who in the family understands and admires Coalhouse?

2. Where does Father and the family go to get away from the tension?

3. What innovation of Henry Ford's was about to revolutionize American manufacturing?

4. As the strike wears on, what is being done for the children?

5. What plea does Shaw's mother want him to make in court but he flatly refuses?

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