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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What new-fangeled luxury item did Uncle Tom have in his house?
(a) An indoor bathroom.
(b) Central heat and air.
(c) A television.
(d) A wood-burning stove.

3. What is Russell's job with this company?
(a) He is a spy.
(b) He is a paperboy.
(c) He is an office assistant.
(d) He is a correspondent.

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

5. What happens to Russell while trying to play on his first day in Newark?
(a) He gets lost and ends up at a police station.
(b) He is almost hit by a car.
(c) He meets Dutch Schultz.
(d) He fights with Doris and gets in trouble.

Short Answer Questions

1. What major travel institution was located in Brunswick?

2. To what brotherhood did Grandfather George belong?

3. When Uncle Hal arrives, what does he have in tow?

4. Despite the medicine, what ailment do Russell and Doris contract?

5. To what ailment does Russell's mother succumb?

(see the answer key)

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