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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why were Lucy and Benjamin in a hurry to get married?
(a) Benjamin was about to be deported.
(b) They could not wait to live together.
(c) Lucy had become pregnant.
(d) They had to do it secretly.

2. What major travel institution was located in Brunswick?
(a) The Stagecoach Station.
(b) The B&O Railroad Line.
(c) The Ocean Liner travel agency.
(d) The American Airlines hub.

3. What does Russell's mother think is a major character flaw of his?
(a) He cannot read or write.
(b) He has too much curiosity.
(c) He has no gumption.
(d) He does not easily make friends.

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

5. To what ailment does Russell's mother succumb?
(a) Amnesia.
(b) Cancer of the lungs and blood.
(c) Hopeless senility, or hardening of the arteries.
(d) Schizophrenia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was buried in the expensive glass coffin?

2. Why has Oluf left Newark?

3. Where does Benjamin have to go, interrupting the family's trip?

4. What did Russell's mother insist he would do?

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

(see the answer key)

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