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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what ailment does Russell's mother succumb?
(a) Amnesia.
(b) Hopeless senility, or hardening of the arteries.
(c) Cancer of the lungs and blood.
(d) Schizophrenia.

2. What is Russell's earliest memory?
(a) The yellow house across from his grandmother's house.
(b) Eleven's bulging biceps.
(c) A cow poking its head into his crib.
(d) His mother rocking him to sleep.

3. What was Benjamin's major flaw, according to Lucy?
(a) He would not give up whiskey.
(b) He was a spendthrift.
(c) He had horrible table manners.
(d) He was a terrible driver.

4. Who was the person with whom Lucy Elizabeth corresponded in Newark?
(a) Ida Rebecca.
(b) Uncle Tom.
(c) Aunt Goldie.
(d) Oluf.

5. During a high school debate in 1913, what does Lucy argue in favor of?
(a) Hoovervilles.
(b) Women's suffrage.
(c) The death penalty.
(d) Socialism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ancient medicine did the people of Morristown believe in?

2. What is Russell's mother's nickname for him?

3. What does Lucy do with the present?

4. What superstitions does Ida Rebecca believe, but Lucy Elizabeth does not?

5. How does Lucy meet Benjamin, Russell's father?

(see the answer key)

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