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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the family hide their shame from the neighborhood?
(a) Russell and Lucy send Doris ahead as a distraction.
(b) They collect the food in the dead of night.
(c) They take a car ride home instead of walking.
(d) Russell and Lucy place their coats over the food.

2. With whom has Doris sometimes stayed during the summers?
(a) With Uncle Miller and Aunt Edmonia.
(b) With Aunt Goldie and Uncle Tom.
(c) With Aunt Sister and Uncle Harold.
(d) WIth Ida Rebecca.

3. What is Russell's job with this company?
(a) He is a spy.
(b) He is an office assistant.
(c) He is a correspondent.
(d) He is a paperboy.

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

5. Where are Russell and his family going for their first family trip?
(a) Hoboken, to visit Aunt Sally.
(b) Newark, to visit Uncle Etch.
(c) Morrisonville, to visit Ida Rebecca.
(d) Taylorstown, to visit Uncle Miller.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lucy do after the death of Papa to make ends meet?

2. Why has Oluf left Newark?

3. What is Russell's first Christmas gift?

4. What major travel institution was located in Brunswick?

5. What superstitions does Ida Rebecca believe, but Lucy Elizabeth does not?

(see the answer key)

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