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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Russell list as his ambition in his high school yearbook?
(a) Railroad man.
(b) Navy Pilot.
(c) Novelist.
(d) Newspaper Columnist.

2. What does Herb do for a living?
(a) He is a professor.
(b) He works for the B&O Railroad.
(c) He works in the grocery business.
(d) He works as a traveling salesman.

3. What attack shocks Russell in 1941?
(a) The bombing of Nagasaki.
(b) The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
(c) Germany's invasion of Poland.
(d) The bombing of Hiroshima.

4. Who, according to legend, willed the family their fortune?
(a) Queen Anne herself.
(b) President Lincoln.
(c) A Bishop from London.
(d) Ida Rebecca.

5. What was the black street in Russell's neighborhood?
(a) Lemmon Street.
(b) Crescent Street.
(c) Lombard Street.
(d) Peachtree Street.

Short Answer Questions

1. What picture has the landlady hung on her door?

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

3. To what ailment does Russell's mother succumb?

4. What is the community's problem with Joe Louis, the heavyweight champion?

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

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