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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Lucy meet Benjamin, Russell's father?
(a) Lucy's Papa introduces them.
(b) His son is one of Lucy's students.
(c) They meet at a church social.
(d) His Model-T breaks down in front of the schoolhouse.

3. How and when did Papa die?
(a) He died in 1918 of the flu at the age of 54.
(b) He died in 1910 in a carriage accident at the age of 47.
(c) He died in 1929 after the stock market crash at the age of 65.
(d) He died in 1917 of a heart attack at the age of 53.

4. In his first job, for what company does Russell work?
(a) The Rockefeller Foundation.
(b) The Curtis Publishing Company.
(c) The Neiman Marcus Group.
(d) The Billings Paper Company.

5. What does Lucy do with the present?
(a) She helps Doris set it up.
(b) She throws it in the garbage.
(c) She throws it out the back door.
(d) She forces Benjamin to take it back.

Short Answer Questions

1. What new-fangeled luxury item did Uncle Tom have in his house?

2. According to Uncle Irvey, "A man works from sun to sun, but woman's work is ____?" (p. 55)

3. During her tenure at Arlington School in Loundoun County, what illegal operation is nearby?

4. Where did Russell and his family live in 1932?

5. Why were Lucy and Benjamin in a hurry to get married?

(see the answer key)

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