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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much younger than Russell is Doris?
(a) Seven years.
(b) Eighteen months.
(c) Two years.
(d) Five years.

2. What business did Uncle Etch run?
(a) He ran an ice cream shop.
(b) He ran a bootleg operation.
(c) He ran a convenience store.
(d) He ran a funeral parlor.

3. When does Russell's mother decide he should be a writer?
(a) When he was five years old and loved to read.
(b) Shortly after his birth.
(c) After an A paper he wrote in the seventh grade.
(d) When he was sixteen and writing for a paper.

4. What two women in Russell's early life were involved in a hateful feud?
(a) Lucy and Doris.
(b) Audrey and Ida Rebecca.
(c) Lucy and Ida Rebecca.
(d) Ida Rebecca and Annie.

5. What is Russell's first Christmas gift?
(a) A toy steam shovel.
(b) A piece of candy.
(c) A warm knitted scarf.
(d) A stuffed dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Russell and his family live in 1932?

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

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

4. When Russell was a young boy, what famous President's time could many of the old men remember (from first-hand accounts)?

5. What does Lucy do with the present?

(see the answer key)

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