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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) Amnesia.
(b) Schizophrenia.
(c) Hopeless senility, or hardening of the arteries.
(d) Cancer of the lungs and blood.

2. During a high school debate in 1913, what does Lucy argue in favor of?
(a) Hoovervilles.
(b) The death penalty.
(c) Socialism.
(d) Women's suffrage.

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

4. Who is Lucy's model of male excellence?
(a) Papa, her father.
(b) Russell, her son.
(c) Allen, her brother.
(d) Benjamin, her husband.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What new-fangeled luxury item did Uncle Tom have in his house?

2. What superstitions does Ida Rebecca believe, but Lucy Elizabeth does not?

3. What happens to Benjamin after he has been drinking?

4. According to Uncle Irvey, "A man works from sun to sun, but woman's work is ____?" (p. 55)

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

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