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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Despite the medicine, what ailment do Russell and Doris contract?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Diabetes.
(c) Whooping cough.
(d) Pneumonia.

2. What does Lucy do with the present?
(a) She throws it in the garbage.
(b) She throws it out the back door.
(c) She helps Doris set it up.
(d) She forces Benjamin to take it back.

3. Why has Oluf left Newark?
(a) He enjoys traveling.
(b) He is on the run from the law.
(c) He is trying to find a job.
(d) He is searching for a lost sibling.

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

5. According to Uncle Irvey, "A man works from sun to sun, but woman's work is ____?" (p. 55)
(a) Never done.
(b) Hard to run.
(c) A ton.
(d) Always fun.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Lucy Elizabeth take the family when they leave Morrisonville?

2. Who was the person with whom Lucy Elizabeth corresponded in Newark?

3. What, according to the author, was the great Depression pastime?

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

5. Who was buried in the expensive glass coffin?

(see the answer key)

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