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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who offers Lucy Elizabeth a home until she can get back on her feet?
(a) Uncle Allen.
(b) Ida Rebecca.
(c) Uncle Miller.
(d) Annie Grigsby.

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

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

5. What killed Benjamin at the young age of thirty-three?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Whooping cough.
(c) Gout.
(d) Acute diabetic coma.

Short Answer Questions

1. What specter does Ida Rebecca see in her doorway one night?

2. Why were Lucy and Benjamin in a hurry to get married?

3. How does Lucy meet Benjamin, Russell's father?

4. Who is Lucy's model of male excellence?

5. Who takes Russell to see Benjamin when his body is brought home?

(see the answer key)

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