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

2. What picture has the landlady hung on her door?
(a) A picture of Franklin Roosevelt.
(b) A picture of Cary Grant.
(c) A picture of Queen Victoria.
(d) A picture of Herbert Hoover.

3. Why doesn't Uncle Charlie leave the house?
(a) He has too much work to do.
(b) He looks like Moe Simon.
(c) He has a bet with a neighbor.
(d) He loves his family too much.

4. Why were Lucy and Benjamin in a hurry to get married?
(a) They could not wait to live together.
(b) They had to do it secretly.
(c) Lucy had become pregnant.
(d) Benjamin was about to be deported.

5. How did Lucy Elizabeth punish Russell?
(a) She locked him in his room.
(b) She sent him to bed with no supper.
(c) She took away his money.
(d) She whipped him with a belt.

Short Answer Questions

1. The streetwise girl lured Russell into her basement with promises of what?

2. What major travel institution was located in Brunswick?

3. According to everyone in town, where was Annie Grigsby born?

4. During her tenure at Arlington School in Loundoun County, what illegal operation is nearby?

5. What is Russell's mother's nickname for him?

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