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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What superstitions does Ida Rebecca believe, but Lucy Elizabeth does not?
(a) She believes in vampires and garlic.
(b) She believes in fairies and magic.
(c) She believes in throwing salt over one shoulder.
(d) She believes in ghosts and omens.

3. What does Lucy do with the present?
(a) She throws it out the back door.
(b) She forces Benjamin to take it back.
(c) She throws it in the garbage.
(d) She helps Doris set it up.

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

5. When Russell was a young boy, what famous President's time could many of the old men remember (from first-hand accounts)?
(a) Abraham Lincoln.
(b) Andrew Jackson.
(c) John Quincy Adams.
(d) Theodore Roosevelt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Russell's mother think is a major character flaw of his?

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

3. What tipped Lucy Elizabeth's decision to leave Audrey?

4. What happens to Russell's mother at the age of eighty?

5. From what ailment does Russell's father suffer?

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