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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During a high school debate in 1913, what does Lucy argue in favor of?
(a) The death penalty.
(b) Hoovervilles.
(c) Women's suffrage.
(d) Socialism.

2. How many children did Ida Rebecca have?
(a) Ten, five boys and five girls.
(b) Thirteen, twelve boys and one girl.
(c) Fifteen, ten boys and five girls.
(d) Five, three girls and two boys.

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

4. After Newark, where does the family move?
(a) Brooklyn.
(b) Morrisonville.
(c) Belleville.
(d) Brunswick.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What skill does Russell envy in Frankie?

3. While his bully was Irish, Russell's friends were ______.

4. What business did Uncle Etch run?

5. What killed Benjamin at the young age of thirty-three?

(see the answer key)

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