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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How longs does Lucy Elizabeth intend to live with Uncle Allen?
(a) A few months.
(b) Indefinitely.
(c) A few weeks.
(d) A few years.

2. What two women in Russell's early life were involved in a hateful feud?
(a) Ida Rebecca and Annie.
(b) Lucy and Doris.
(c) Lucy and Ida Rebecca.
(d) Audrey and Ida Rebecca.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Russell's earliest memory?

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

4. Where does Lucy Elizabeth take the family when they leave Morrisonville?

5. Why has Uncle Charlie returned to Belleville?

(see the answer key)

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