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

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

3. To what ailment does Russell's mother succumb?
(a) Amnesia.
(b) Cancer of the lungs and blood.
(c) Schizophrenia.
(d) Hopeless senility, or hardening of the arteries.

4. Where are Russell and his family going for their first family trip?
(a) Morrisonville, to visit Ida Rebecca.
(b) Newark, to visit Uncle Etch.
(c) Hoboken, to visit Aunt Sally.
(d) Taylorstown, to visit Uncle Miller.

5. Why did Lucy Elizabeth feel jealous of Aunt Goldie?
(a) Aunt Goldie convinced Uncle Tom to stop drinking.
(b) Aunt Goldie was the most beautiful woman in five counties.
(c) Aunt Goldie had an indoor bathroom.
(d) Lucy Elizabeth was in love with Uncle Tom.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After meeting Mimi, what does Lucy begin to do?

3. What happens to Russell while trying to play on his first day in Newark?

4. What was the black street in Russell's neighborhood?

5. With what military branch did Uncle Harold serve?

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