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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On his first physical, the doctor suggests that Russell come back in three days and stop eating what?
(a) Potatoes.
(b) Snap peas.
(c) Green Beans.
(d) Meat.

2. What does Russell learn to love about Uncle Harold?
(a) Russell loves his romanticism and storytelling.
(b) Russell loves his practicality and good sense.
(c) Russell loves his horse farm.
(d) Russell loves his gun collections.

3. What superstitions does Ida Rebecca believe, but Lucy Elizabeth does not?
(a) She believes in ghosts and omens.
(b) She believes in fairies and magic.
(c) She believes in vampires and garlic.
(d) She believes in throwing salt over one shoulder.

4. What is the first Civil Rights movement Russell sees in his life?
(a) The blacks from Lemmon Street walking down Lombard Street after Joe Louis wins.
(b) The boys at his school protesting by sitting on the steps.
(c) The boys in the college having a sit-in.
(d) Martin Luther King's I Have A Dream speech.

5. What must Russell sometimes walk past in the downstairs parlor?
(a) The landlord's dog.
(b) The library.
(c) The basement door.
(d) Dead bodies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What killed Benjamin at the young age of thirty-three?

2. Where are Russell and his family going for their first family trip?

3. What is the community's problem with Joe Louis, the heavyweight champion?

4. In what areas is Russell's knowledge extremely limited?

5. As part of Morrisonville's ritual for death, what do the women do at Russell's house?

(see the answer key)

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