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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 first Christmas gift?
(a) A piece of candy.
(b) A warm knitted scarf.
(c) A toy steam shovel.
(d) A stuffed dog.

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

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

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

5. In the shock following his father's death, what does Russell confess he became?
(a) A skeptic, never fully trusting God again.
(b) A paperboy, keeping himself busy.
(c) A trouble maker, breaking windows and stealing.
(d) A zealot, pouring himself into religion as a retreat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Russell and his family live in 1932?

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

3. To what brotherhood did Grandfather George belong?

4. What ancient medicine did the people of Morristown believe in?

5. What does Lucy do with the present?

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