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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Benjamin have to go, interrupting the family's trip?
(a) He has to go to Texas.
(b) He has to go to Newark.
(c) He has to go back to Morrisonville.
(d) He has to go to a hospital.

3. Who takes Russell to see Benjamin when his body is brought home?
(a) Ida Rebecca.
(b) Annie Grigsby.
(c) Lucy Elizabeth.
(d) Uncle Irvey.

4. Why did Lucy Elizabeth feel jealous of Aunt Goldie?
(a) Aunt Goldie had an indoor bathroom.
(b) Aunt Goldie convinced Uncle Tom to stop drinking.
(c) Aunt Goldie was the most beautiful woman in five counties.
(d) Lucy Elizabeth was in love with Uncle Tom.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the shock following his father's death, what does Russell confess he became?

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

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

4. To what brotherhood did Grandfather George belong?

5. In his first job, for what company does Russell work?

(see the answer key)

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