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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Benjamin have to go, interrupting the family's trip?
(a) He has to go to a hospital.
(b) He has to go to Newark.
(c) He has to go to Texas.
(d) He has to go back to Morrisonville.

2. From what ailment does Russell's father suffer?
(a) Allergies.
(b) Diabetes.
(c) Arthritis.
(d) Gout.

3. During a high school debate in 1913, what does Lucy argue in favor of?
(a) Hoovervilles.
(b) The death penalty.
(c) Socialism.
(d) Women's suffrage.

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

5. Who was buried in the expensive glass coffin?
(a) Uncle Irvey.
(b) Sam Reever.
(c) Ida Rebecca.
(d) Lucy Elizabeth.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the shock following his father's death, what does Russell confess he became?

3. In his first job, for what company does Russell work?

4. According to everyone in town, where was Annie Grigsby born?

5. What two women in Russell's early life were involved in a hateful feud?

(see the answer key)

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