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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the biggest contrast between Bill and his father?
(a) Bill was eager to please customers.
(b) Bill was a good businessman.
(c) Bill was an alcoholic.
(d) Bill was quiet.

2. Who is the historian for a club for deaf people?
(a) Sam Smith.
(b) Joe Gould.
(c) Jack Fitzsimmons.
(d) Samuel Frankenheim.

3. What last name did Mazie choose?
(a) Gordian.
(b) Gordon.
(c) Greydon.
(d) Georgia.

4. What were Joe's father and grandfather?
(a) Doctors.
(b) Writers.
(c) Journalists.
(d) Professors.

5. What trend began to occur in Mohawk Indian marriages as Mitchell noted?
(a) Many Indian men began to search for younger partners.
(b) Many Indians began to marry whites.
(c) Many Indians began to stop all marriages.
(d) Many Indians stopped taking part in marriage.

6. What are Philippa's parents?
(a) Writers.
(b) Doctors.
(c) Factory workers.
(d) Construction workers.

7. What did Commodore do to make a living?
(a) He held an annual ball.
(b) He served food at a cafe.
(c) He begged on the streets.
(d) He owned a business.

8. How did Jane's father feel about her?
(a) He was ashamed and kept her locked away.
(b) He loved her.
(c) He refused to ever get to know his daughter.
(d) He was embarrassed of her.

9. Which character looked down on possessions?
(a) Joe Gould.
(b) James Jefferson Davis Hall.
(c) Mazie Gordon.
(d) Jane Barnell.

10. Who told Mitchell about the club for deaf people?
(a) Jack Fitzsimmons.
(b) Samuel Frankenheim.
(c) John Smith.
(d) Edgar Sinclair.

11. How did Jane's mother feel about her?
(a) She never gave her opinion on the matter.
(b) She loved her.
(c) She abandoned her to run away.
(d) She was scared of her.

12. Which person was known as Houdini in Harlem?
(a) Colborne.
(b) Barbee.
(c) Smith.
(d) Sinclair.

13. What was Daniel O'Connell's profession before he retired?
(a) Business owner.
(b) Postal worker.
(c) Firefighter.
(d) Police officer.

14. Which person that Mitchell writes about wears a scarf to hide his or her face?
(a) Mazie.
(b) Joe Gould.
(c) Thomas O'Boyle.
(d) Jane.

15. What school did Joe attend?
(a) Notre Dame.
(b) Yale.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Brown.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the man who opened "The Old House at Home"?

2. On what street was McSorley's located?

3. What is the title of the book Joe is writing?

4. Who does Mitchell describe as thieves?

5. What kind of business is "The Old House at Home"?

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