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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Russell's mother insist he would do?
(a) Make something of himself.
(b) Get a job as a salesman.
(c) Marry an heiress.
(d) Live in New York City.

2. What is Russell's earliest memory?
(a) Eleven's bulging biceps.
(b) His mother rocking him to sleep.
(c) The yellow house across from his grandmother's house.
(d) A cow poking its head into his crib.

3. Where are Russell and his family going for their first family trip?
(a) Taylorstown, to visit Uncle Miller.
(b) Newark, to visit Uncle Etch.
(c) Morrisonville, to visit Ida Rebecca.
(d) Hoboken, to visit Aunt Sally.

4. How and when did Papa die?
(a) He died in 1917 of a heart attack at the age of 53.
(b) He died in 1918 of the flu at the age of 54.
(c) He died in 1910 in a carriage accident at the age of 47.
(d) He died in 1929 after the stock market crash at the age of 65.

5. What happens to Russell's mother at the age of eighty?
(a) She gets her thirtieth grandchild.
(b) She becomes a millionaire.
(c) She moves from New Jersey to California.
(d) She has her last bad fall.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. During a high school debate in 1913, what does Lucy argue in favor of?

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

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 two types of people does Russell feel are forever disconnected?

(see the answer key)

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