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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Russell's earliest memory?
(a) His mother rocking him to sleep.
(b) Eleven's bulging biceps.
(c) The yellow house across from his grandmother's house.
(d) A cow poking its head into his crib.

2. Why did Lucy Elizabeth feel jealous of Aunt Goldie?
(a) Lucy Elizabeth was in love with Uncle Tom.
(b) Aunt Goldie had an indoor bathroom.
(c) Aunt Goldie was the most beautiful woman in five counties.
(d) Aunt Goldie convinced Uncle Tom to stop drinking.

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

4. While his bully was Irish, Russell's friends were ______.
(a) Argentinian.
(b) Italian.
(c) Portuguese.
(d) Finnish.

5. What did Cousin Edwin do for a living?
(a) He was a banker.
(b) He was an extra for film sets.
(c) He was the managing editor of the New York Times.
(d) He was the foreman in a gun factory.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Uncle Charlie leave the house?

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

3. As part of Morrisonville's ritual for death, what do the women do at Russell's house?

4. What skill does Russell envy in Frankie?

5. What happens to Russell while trying to play on his first day in Newark?

(see the answer key)

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