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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17 and 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the black street in Russell's neighborhood?
(a) Lombard Street.
(b) Crescent Street.
(c) Lemmon Street.
(d) Peachtree Street.

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

3. What, according to the author, was the great Depression pastime?
(a) Reading.
(b) Shopping.
(c) Talking.
(d) Baseball.

4. To what brotherhood did Grandfather George belong?
(a) The Freemasons.
(b) The Society of Blue Men.
(c) The Order of Red Men.
(d) The Brotherhood of the Sparrow.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What two types of people does Russell feel are forever disconnected?

2. What does Lucy do with the present?

3. For what endeavor does Hal attempt to get financial support from Lucy Elizabeth?

4. What is Herb's only vice?

5. In the shock following his father's death, what does Russell confess he became?

(see the answer key)

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