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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to everyone in town, where was Annie Grigsby born?
(a) In slavery.
(b) In indentured servitude.
(c) In Milwaukee.
(d) In London.

2. What happens to Russell while trying to play on his first day in Newark?
(a) He is almost hit by a car.
(b) He fights with Doris and gets in trouble.
(c) He gets lost and ends up at a police station.
(d) He meets Dutch Schultz.

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

4. How and when did Papa die?
(a) He died in 1929 after the stock market crash at the age of 65.
(b) He died in 1910 in a carriage accident at the age of 47.
(c) He died in 1917 of a heart attack at the age of 53.
(d) He died in 1918 of the flu at the age of 54.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After Newark, where does the family move?

2. Who, according to legend, willed the family their fortune?

3. What specter does Ida Rebecca see in her doorway one night?

4. When Russell was a young boy, what famous President's time could many of the old men remember (from first-hand accounts)?

5. To whom did Lucy Elizabeth give up Audrey?

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