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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Russell's mother at the age of eighty?
(a) She moves from New Jersey to California.
(b) She gets her thirtieth grandchild.
(c) She has her last bad fall.
(d) She becomes a millionaire.

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

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

4. What happens to Benjamin after he has been drinking?
(a) He loses his short term memory.
(b) He sleeps for days.
(c) He becomes violently ill.
(d) He always gets lost.

5. What medicine does Aunt Pat insist on giving to Russell and Doris?
(a) Calcium carbonate.
(b) Essence of basil.
(c) Cod liver oil.
(d) Ketchup.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Uncle Allen get his $30-a-week job?

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

3. Who offers Lucy Elizabeth a home until she can get back on her feet?

4. How many children did Ida Rebecca have?

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

(see the answer key)

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