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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Cousin Edwin do for a living?
(a) He was the foreman in a gun factory.
(b) He was an extra for film sets.
(c) He was a banker.
(d) He was the managing editor of the New York Times.

2. As part of Morrisonville's ritual for death, what do the women do at Russell's house?
(a) They whitewash the outside.
(b) They take inventory of everything the family owns.
(c) They clean it from top to bottom.
(d) They rearrange all the furniture.

3. What is the only area of education that Lucy Elizabeth does not teach Russell?
(a) History.
(b) Reading.
(c) Sex education.
(d) Mathematics.

4. Who was the person with whom Lucy Elizabeth corresponded in Newark?
(a) Uncle Tom.
(b) Ida Rebecca.
(c) Aunt Goldie.
(d) Oluf.

5. Despite the medicine, what ailment do Russell and Doris contract?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Diabetes.
(d) Whooping cough.

Short Answer Questions

1. While delivering papers, where does the well-dressed man try to take him?

2. What kind of food is the family taking home?

3. What medicine does Aunt Pat insist on giving to Russell and Doris?

4. To what brotherhood did Grandfather George belong?

5. One morning during his paper route, what terrifying story does Russell read?

(see the answer key)

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