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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 does Russell actually do when he receives his present on Christmas?
(a) He admits he found the gift.
(b) He cannot act surprised.
(c) He gives the gift to Doris.
(d) He hugs his mother and kisses her.

2. What happens to Russell's mother at the age of eighty?
(a) She has her last bad fall.
(b) She becomes a millionaire.
(c) She moves from New Jersey to California.
(d) She gets her thirtieth grandchild.

3. What step to adulthood is Russell embarrassed that he has not taken?
(a) He stil cannot grow a beard.
(b) He is unable to build muscles.
(c) He dislikes whiskey.
(d) He has not lost his virginity.

4. Which long-lost uncle begins to send Lucy Elizabeth support money?
(a) Uncle Bob in Freeport.
(b) Uncle Edgar in Indianapolis.
(c) Uncle Sam in Washington.
(d) Uncle Willie in San Francisco.

5. What color is Russell's new suit?
(a) It is green with gray stripes.
(b) It is red with purple buttons.
(c) It is gray with white stripes.
(d) It is black with black buttons.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Herb's only vice?

3. What is the only area of education that Lucy Elizabeth does not teach Russell?

4. From what ailment does Russell's father suffer?

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

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