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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Lucy mark Russell's transition into adolescence?
(a) She buys him a cap.
(b) She throws a dinner party.
(c) She makes a large mark on the height chart.
(d) She purchases long pants for him.

2. What is the first Civil Rights movement Russell sees in his life?
(a) The blacks from Lemmon Street walking down Lombard Street after Joe Louis wins.
(b) The boys in the college having a sit-in.
(c) Martin Luther King's I Have A Dream speech.
(d) The boys at his school protesting by sitting on the steps.

3. What did Cousin Edwin do for a living?
(a) He was an extra for film sets.
(b) He was the managing editor of the New York Times.
(c) He was the foreman in a gun factory.
(d) He was a banker.

4. To what ailment does Russell's mother succumb?
(a) Schizophrenia.
(b) Amnesia.
(c) Cancer of the lungs and blood.
(d) Hopeless senility, or hardening of the arteries.

5. How longs does Lucy Elizabeth intend to live with Uncle Allen?
(a) A few months.
(b) A few weeks.
(c) A few years.
(d) Indefinitely.

Short Answer Questions

1. What hobby does Aunt Pat introduce to Russell?

2. What new-fangeled luxury item did Uncle Tom have in his house?

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

4. In the shock following his father's death, what does Russell confess he became?

5. What class in school does Russell hate the most?

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