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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event is a great disappointment to Morgan?
(a) The opening of his 1,000th bank.
(b) The Harry Houdini show in New York.
(c) His last birthday party when no one came.
(d) A dinner party of a dozen of the most powerful men in America.

2. What happens to Coalhouse after he comes out of the museum with his hands raised?
(a) He gets away when the generators fail.
(b) He is executed in a volly of gunfire.
(c) He is attacked by Willie Conklin.
(d) He is taken to jail.

3. What physical abnormality does Pierpont Morgan have?
(a) A large, disfigured red nose.
(b) Ears that stick straight out.
(c) Crossed eyes.
(d) A profound limp.

4. Who is arrested after Coalhouse takes over the museum?
(a) Younger Brother.
(b) Emma Goldman.
(c) Father.
(d) Houdini.

5. Why do the police pay little attention to burglaries at Father's fireworks factory?
(a) They think the items were simplymisplaced.
(b) They are too concentrated on locating Coalhouse.
(c) The sargeant who takes the report forgets to file it.
(d) There is no sign of breaking and entering.

Short Answer Questions

1. Most people think that it was the work of a group of armed men, but what does the newspaper suggest?

2. What happened to Ben Reitman in San Diego?

3. Why does Father go to the police?

4. As the procession crosses into Brooklyn, what is seen settling on the rails of the Brooklyn Bridge?

5. What does Younger Brother tell Emilio Zapata?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Emma Goldman arrested after Coalhouse takes over the museum?

2. What plans do Father and Mother make to get away from the Coalhouse problem?

3. What is keeping Father busy that summer?

4. What becomes of Younger Brother?

5. After Coalhouse arranges for his gang to escape, what happens to him?

6. Describe Morgan's buildings on Madison Avenue in Murray Hill.

7. What causes the theater to shake where Houdini is performing?

8. What is Sarah's funeral like?

9. Why does J. P. Morgan want to meet with Henry Ford?

10. When the police cannot find Coalhouse, what does Father do?

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