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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Russell angry with Herb?
(a) He hates the railroad.
(b) He feels replaced as the man of the family.
(c) He is jealous of his time with his mother.
(d) He misses his father and does not want a replacement.

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

3. Who is Herb's daughter with Lucy?
(a) Audrey.
(b) Mimi.
(c) Doris.
(d) Mary Leslie.

4. While delivering papers, where does the well-dressed man try to take him?
(a) He tries to take him to get breakfast.
(b) He tries to take him to a party.
(c) He tries to take him to the train station.
(d) He tries to take him to the park.

5. What is Russell's mother's nickname for him?
(a) Rusty.
(b) Russ.
(c) Buddy.
(d) Brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. In seventh grade, what farm produce does Russell write about?

2. What is Uncle Charlie's favorite book?

3. What is the only area of education that Lucy Elizabeth does not teach Russell?

4. What is Russell's earliest memory?

5. What does Lucy do with the present?

(see the answer key)

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