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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Lucy Elizabeth take the family when they leave Morrisonville?
(a) Newark.
(b) Brunswick.
(c) Jersey City.
(d) Hoboken.

2. During her tenure at Arlington School in Loundoun County, what illegal operation is nearby?
(a) A militia's arms room.
(b) A money laundering ring.
(c) Sam Reever's bootleg whiskey operation.
(d) Babyface Nelson's secret meeting place.

3. To what ailment does Russell's mother succumb?
(a) Hopeless senility, or hardening of the arteries.
(b) Amnesia.
(c) Cancer of the lungs and blood.
(d) Schizophrenia.

4. 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.

5. What does Lucy do after the death of Papa to make ends meet?
(a) Lucy works in a knitting factory.
(b) Lucy becomes a schoolteacher.
(c) Lucy opens a tavern.
(d) Lucy sells the ancestral family home.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why has Oluf left Newark?

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

3. How and when did Papa die?

4. Who doesn't Uncle Hal get along with in the house?

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

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