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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Russell and his family live in 1932?
(a) Morrisonville, New Jersey.
(b) New York City, New York.
(c) Belleville, New Jersey.
(d) Baltimore, Maryland.

2. What is Uncle Charlie's favorite book?
(a) The Declaration of Independence.
(b) Atlas Shrugged.
(c) The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin.
(d) Pride and Prejudice.

3. 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 gets her thirtieth grandchild.
(d) She moves from New Jersey to California.

4. What worries Russell about working in the grocery or on the railroad?
(a) He worries he would not be paid enough.
(b) He worries he would not have time for fun.
(c) He worries he would not be good at either job.
(d) He worries he would not be able to find a job.

5. When does Russell's mother decide he should be a writer?
(a) After an A paper he wrote in the seventh grade.
(b) When he was five years old and loved to read.
(c) When he was sixteen and writing for a paper.
(d) Shortly after his birth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Russell's mother think is a major character flaw of his?

2. How much younger than Russell is Doris?

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

4. To whom did Lucy Elizabeth give up Audrey?

5. What business did Uncle Etch run?

(see the answer key)

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