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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why were Lucy and Benjamin in a hurry to get married?
(a) Benjamin was about to be deported.
(b) Lucy had become pregnant.
(c) They had to do it secretly.
(d) They could not wait to live together.

2. Who takes Russell to see Benjamin when his body is brought home?
(a) Annie Grigsby.
(b) Lucy Elizabeth.
(c) Uncle Irvey.
(d) Ida Rebecca.

3. What business did Uncle Etch run?
(a) He ran an ice cream shop.
(b) He ran a funeral parlor.
(c) He ran a bootleg operation.
(d) He ran a convenience store.

4. What does Lucy do after the death of Papa to make ends meet?
(a) Lucy becomes a schoolteacher.
(b) Lucy works in a knitting factory.
(c) Lucy opens a tavern.
(d) Lucy sells the ancestral family home.

5. Who offers Lucy Elizabeth a home until she can get back on her feet?
(a) Ida Rebecca.
(b) Uncle Allen.
(c) Uncle Miller.
(d) Annie Grigsby.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what brotherhood did Grandfather George belong?

2. What is Russell's first Christmas gift?

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

4. What happens to Benjamin after he has been drinking?

5. As part of Morrisonville's ritual for death, what do the women do at Russell's house?

(see the answer key)

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