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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What musical lessons does Russell begin after a door-to-door salesman visits their house?
(a) Piano lessons.
(b) Guitar lessons.
(c) Banjo lessons.
(d) Piccolo lessons.

2. Despite the medicine, what ailment do Russell and Doris contract?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Whooping cough.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Diabetes.

3. What medicine does Aunt Pat insist on giving to Russell and Doris?
(a) Cod liver oil.
(b) Calcium carbonate.
(c) Essence of basil.
(d) Ketchup.

4. What two women in Russell's early life were involved in a hateful feud?
(a) Ida Rebecca and Annie.
(b) Lucy and Doris.
(c) Audrey and Ida Rebecca.
(d) Lucy and Ida Rebecca.

5. What killed Benjamin at the young age of thirty-three?
(a) Acute diabetic coma.
(b) Gout.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Whooping cough.

Short Answer Questions

1. While his bully was Irish, Russell's friends were ______.

2. While delivering papers, where does the well-dressed man try to take him?

3. What happens to Russell while trying to play on his first day in Newark?

4. Who is Russell's Irish bully?

5. Who takes Russell to see Benjamin when his body is brought home?

(see the answer key)

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