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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. How many children did Ida Rebecca have?
(a) Thirteen, twelve boys and one girl.
(b) Five, three girls and two boys.
(c) Ten, five boys and five girls.
(d) Fifteen, ten boys and five girls.

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

3. Of what religious persuasion is the matron at the orphanage?
(a) The Church of Latter-Day Saints.
(b) Fundamentalist Protestant.
(c) Lapsed Catholic.
(d) Lutheran.

4. After talking about the expense of college, what does Herb offer to do for Russell?
(a) He offers to pay half the college tuition.
(b) He offers to pay his way through college.
(c) He offers to get him a job at the railroad.
(d) He offers to get him a job in another grocery.

5. At what age does Mimi run away from the orphanage for good?
(a) Thirteen.
(b) Ten.
(c) Eighteen.
(d) Sixteen.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much younger than Russell is Doris?

2. What does Lucy do after the death of Papa to make ends meet?

3. How does Russell treat Lucy when he begins to surpass her education?

4. What specter does Ida Rebecca see in her doorway one night?

5. What A+ essay has Russell written?

(see the answer key)

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