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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Russell's mother's nickname for him?
(a) Russ.
(b) Brother.
(c) Buddy.
(d) Rusty.

3. To whom did Lucy Elizabeth give up Audrey?
(a) Uncle Miller and Aunt Eustace.
(b) Uncle Tom and Aunt Goldie.
(c) Uncle Irvey.
(d) Ida Rebecca.

4. What did Russell's mother insist he would do?
(a) Marry an heiress.
(b) Live in New York City.
(c) Make something of himself.
(d) Get a job as a salesman.

5. The streetwise girl lured Russell into her basement with promises of what?
(a) Comic Books.
(b) Cake.
(c) Soda.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Oluf and Lucy Elizabeth stop their correspondence?

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

3. Why doesn't Uncle Charlie leave the house?

4. Why has Oluf left Newark?

5. What was Benjamin's major flaw, according to Lucy?

(see the answer key)

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