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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Benjamin have to go, interrupting the family's trip?
(a) He has to go to a hospital.
(b) He has to go to Newark.
(c) He has to go back to Morrisonville.
(d) He has to go to Texas.

2. What attack shocks Russell in 1941?
(a) The bombing of Nagasaki.
(b) Germany's invasion of Poland.
(c) The bombing of Hiroshima.
(d) The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

3. With what military branch did Uncle Harold serve?
(a) The Marines.
(b) The Army.
(c) The Coast Guard.
(d) The Navy.

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

5. How does Doris feel after meeting her sister?
(a) She feels angry at Audrey's luck.
(b) She feels only elation.
(c) She feels frustration with Lucy.
(d) She feels shabby in comparison.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Germany invade Poland in World War II?

2. What does Uncle Harold purchase for Doris after the meeting?

3. What tipped Lucy Elizabeth's decision to leave Audrey?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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