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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long has the family been in Baltimore when Lucy takes Russell and Doris with her to get food?
(a) Six months.
(b) Three months.
(c) One year.
(d) Two years.

2. What does Lucy do after the death of Papa to make ends meet?
(a) Lucy works in a knitting factory.
(b) Lucy opens a tavern.
(c) Lucy becomes a schoolteacher.
(d) Lucy sells the ancestral family home.

3. Why was Russell enrolled in a gymnastics program?
(a) It was an attempt to correct his posture.
(b) It was thought it would help his circulation.
(c) He was not nearly flexible enough for his age.
(d) He had dreams of being in the Olympics.

4. Why do Oluf and Lucy Elizabeth stop their correspondence?
(a) Lucy Elizabeth does not love him anymore.
(b) Lucy Elizabeth finds someone else to court in Newark.
(c) Oluf has no more money for stamps.
(d) Oluf is in despair and cannot support himself or her family.

5. One morning during his paper route, what terrifying story does Russell read?
(a) He reads about the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
(b) He reads about a house fire that has burned all night.
(c) He reads about a dismembered body found in the sewer.
(d) He reads that the price of milk is going up.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children did Ida Rebecca have?

2. How and when did Papa die?

3. Who lives in Baltimore that Lucy Elizabeth is excited to be near?

4. What Christmas present does Russell accidentally discover?

5. To whom did Lucy Elizabeth give up Audrey?

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