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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17 and 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While his bully was Irish, Russell's friends were ______.
(a) Italian.
(b) Finnish.
(c) Argentinian.
(d) Portuguese.

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 at his school protesting by sitting on the steps.
(c) The boys in the college having a sit-in.
(d) Martin Luther King's I Have A Dream speech.

3. What does Russell list as his ambition in his high school yearbook?
(a) Newspaper Columnist.
(b) Novelist.
(c) Navy Pilot.
(d) Railroad man.

4. What does Lucy do with the present?
(a) She helps Doris set it up.
(b) She forces Benjamin to take it back.
(c) She throws it in the garbage.
(d) She throws it out the back door.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On what expensive treat does Russell blow his budget for the trip after hearing Mimi's story?

2. What does Russell do the weekend before his reexamination?

3. What skill does Lucy Elizabeth surprise Russell with just before leaving for Baltimore?

4. Whom does Lucy compare Russell to after he sneaks in late one night?

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

(see the answer key)

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