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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lucy do after the death of Papa to make ends meet?
(a) Lucy works in a knitting factory.
(b) Lucy opens a tavern.
(c) Lucy sells the ancestral family home.
(d) Lucy becomes a schoolteacher.

2. Where did Russell and his family live in 1932?
(a) New York City, New York.
(b) Morrisonville, New Jersey.
(c) Baltimore, Maryland.
(d) Belleville, New Jersey.

3. According to Uncle Irvey, "A man works from sun to sun, but woman's work is ____?" (p. 55)
(a) Never done.
(b) A ton.
(c) Hard to run.
(d) Always fun.

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 1929 after the stock market crash at the age of 65.
(c) He died in 1917 of a heart attack at the age of 53.
(d) He died in 1918 of the flu at the age of 54.

5. What is Russell's job with this company?
(a) He is a paperboy.
(b) He is a spy.
(c) He is an office assistant.
(d) He is a correspondent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Russell's earliest memory?

2. What ancient medicine did the people of Morristown believe in?

3. What business did Uncle Etch run?

4. What is Russell's first Christmas gift?

5. What was Benjamin's major flaw, according to Lucy?

(see the answer key)

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