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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As part of Morrisonville's ritual for death, what do the women do at Russell's house?
(a) They take inventory of everything the family owns.
(b) They clean it from top to bottom.
(c) They rearrange all the furniture.
(d) They whitewash the outside.

2. How does Doris feel after meeting her sister?
(a) She feels frustration with Lucy.
(b) She feels only elation.
(c) She feels angry at Audrey's luck.
(d) She feels shabby in comparison.

3. What is the only area of education that Lucy Elizabeth does not teach Russell?
(a) Sex education.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Reading.
(d) History.

4. What musical lessons does Russell begin after a door-to-door salesman visits their house?
(a) Piccolo lessons.
(b) Guitar lessons.
(c) Banjo lessons.
(d) Piano lessons.

5. What skill does Lucy Elizabeth surprise Russell with just before leaving for Baltimore?
(a) The ability to throw a baseball.
(b) The ability to play piano.
(c) The ability to dance ballet.
(d) The ability to do a cartwheel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Russell's Irish bully?

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

3. How and when did Papa die?

4. The streetwise girl lured Russell into her basement with promises of what?

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

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