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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Tateh entertain The Girl at home?
(a) He makes silhouette thumb books for her to look at.
(b) He teaches her old Yiddish songs.
(c) He teaches her how to dance.
(d) He tells her stories of the old country.

2. Who did Houdini meet at a private function thrown by Mr. Stuyvesant Fish?
(a) P. T. Barnum.
(b) Theodore Dreiser.
(c) Tavinia Warren Thumb.
(d) Al Jolson.

3. Why does The Girl like the strike?
(a) She gets to wear her new coat.
(b) She likes the snow.
(c) She gets to meet many people.
(d) It gets her out of the one room apartment.

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

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

6. What is Matthew Henson's special knowledge that make him invaluable to Perry?
(a) He is an expert chef.
(b) He has an uncanny sense of direction.
(c) He is good at repairing dog sleds.
(d) He can perform surgery.

7. What happens when the Young Man hides in Goldman's closet?
(a) He gets caught when Goldman hangs up her coat.
(b) He sees Evelyn naked and loses control.
(c) He covers his eyes when Godlman gives Evelyn a massage.
(d) He faints when he sees Evelyn in the nude.

8. After a second trial, what sentence does Harry K. Shaw receive?
(a) Remanded to the Manhattan Hospital for the Criminally Insane.
(b) Life in prison.
(c) Seven years in prison.
(d) The electric chair.

9. What is worrying Mother back in New Rochelle?
(a) Father is still gone and she hasn't heard from Younger Brother in days.
(b) She is out of the money that Father left her.
(c) The roof is leading and there is no one to call a repairman.
(d) Little Boy is refusing to go to school.

10. What does Father manufacture?
(a) Flags, patriotic bunting and fireworks.
(b) Mason jars and Coke bottles.
(c) Nuts and bolts.
(d) Pianos and harps.

11. What does the arrival of the immigrants symbolize?
(a) That the weather will turn bad.
(b) That the world economy is failing.
(c) That a famine is headed for America.
(d) That there are changes coming for the country.

12. When Freud visited New York and saw the early motion pictures, what was his thought?
(a) At least they are silent.
(b) They hurt my eyes.
(c) Americans have too much leisure time.
(d) These could be used on my patients.

13. Why are Tateh and the girl at home that day?
(a) Tateh is out of supplies and has no money to buy more.
(b) Evelyn's husband has put out a contract on Tateh.
(c) They are hiding from Evelyn.
(d) The girl is sick.

14. At the trial, how does Evelyn depict herself at age fifteen?
(a) As a waitress who wanted to be an actress.
(b) As a spoiled rich girl who destroyed men.
(c) Sitting in a velvet swing as a wealthy industrialist ogled her calves.
(d) As a simple minded girl who would do anyrthing for any man.

15. From where does the North Pole expedition set off?
(a) New York Harbor.
(b) Lake Erie.
(c) Bangor, Maine.
(d) Boston Harbor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a theme established in the first two chapters?

2. What do most of the 1mmigrants find as they settle in New York?

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

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

5. The winter The Boy was skating on the pond, where were Tateh and The Girl?

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