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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What picture has the landlady hung on her door?
(a) A picture of Herbert Hoover.
(b) A picture of Queen Victoria.
(c) A picture of Franklin Roosevelt.
(d) A picture of Cary Grant.

2. What two types of people does Russell feel are forever disconnected?
(a) Parents and children.
(b) Cousins and second cousins.
(c) Sisters and brothers.
(d) First wives and second wives.

3. What medicine does Aunt Pat insist on giving to Russell and Doris?
(a) Essence of basil.
(b) Calcium carbonate.
(c) Cod liver oil.
(d) Ketchup.

4. What, according to the author, was the great Depression pastime?
(a) Talking.
(b) Shopping.
(c) Reading.
(d) Baseball.

5. Where does Uncle Allen get his $30-a-week job?
(a) The Rockefeller Group.
(b) The B&O Railroad.
(c) The Kruger Beverage Company.
(d) The schoolhouse.

Short Answer Questions

1. One morning during his paper route, what terrifying story does Russell read?

2. How does Russell treat Lucy when he begins to surpass her education?

3. Who is Aunt Sister's husband?

4. What color is Russell's new suit?

5. What happens to Russell's mother at the age of eighty?

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