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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of food is the family taking home?
(a) Government issued assistance food.
(b) Leftover food from restaurants.
(c) All organic, all natural fruits and vegetables.
(d) USDA beef and chicken.

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

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

4. What major travel institution was located in Brunswick?
(a) The American Airlines hub.
(b) The Ocean Liner travel agency.
(c) The B&O Railroad Line.
(d) The Stagecoach Station.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which long-lost uncle begins to send Lucy Elizabeth support money?

2. When Uncle Hal arrives, what does he have in tow?

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

4. What does Herb do for a living?

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

(see the answer key)

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