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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who takes Russell to see Benjamin when his body is brought home?
(a) Annie Grigsby.
(b) Uncle Irvey.
(c) Ida Rebecca.
(d) Lucy Elizabeth.

2. What happens to Russell while trying to play on his first day in Newark?
(a) He gets lost and ends up at a police station.
(b) He fights with Doris and gets in trouble.
(c) He meets Dutch Schultz.
(d) He is almost hit by a car.

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

4. How and when did Papa die?
(a) He died in 1917 of a heart attack at the age of 53.
(b) He died in 1929 after the stock market crash at the age of 65.
(c) He died in 1918 of the flu at the age of 54.
(d) He died in 1910 in a carriage accident at the age of 47.

5. Why has Uncle Charlie returned to Belleville?
(a) He missed working for the newspaper.
(b) He was kicked out by Lucy.
(c) He missed Aunt Pat.
(d) He is depressed by the constant funerals.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the person with whom Lucy Elizabeth corresponded in Newark?

2. Who is Russell's Irish bully?

3. During her tenure at Arlington School in Loundoun County, what illegal operation is nearby?

4. What bully beats Russell up at his new school in Baltimore?

5. What does Lucy do after the death of Papa to make ends meet?

(see the answer key)

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