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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Oluf and Lucy Elizabeth stop their correspondence?
(a) Oluf has no more money for stamps.
(b) Lucy Elizabeth finds someone else to court in Newark.
(c) Oluf is in despair and cannot support himself or her family.
(d) Lucy Elizabeth does not love him anymore.

2. What A+ essay has Russell written?
(a) The History of Baltimore Abridged.
(b) The Sound and the Fury.
(c) The Way to Tie a Shoe.
(d) The Art of Eating Spaghetti.

3. What happens to Russell while trying to play on his first day in Newark?
(a) He gets lost and ends up at a police station.
(b) He meets Dutch Schultz.
(c) He fights with Doris and gets in trouble.
(d) He is almost hit by a car.

4. What class in school does Russell hate the most?
(a) Latin class.
(b) Swimming class.
(c) History class.
(d) English class.

5. What is Herb's only vice?
(a) Smoking cigarettes.
(b) Going to nightclubs.
(c) Betting on horses.
(d) Drinking alcohol.

Short Answer Questions

1. What musical lessons does Russell begin after a door-to-door salesman visits their house?

2. What skill does Russell envy in Frankie?

3. According to everyone in town, where was Annie Grigsby born?

4. How does the family hide their shame from the neighborhood?

5. What does Herb do for a living?

(see the answer key)

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