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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what brotherhood did Grandfather George belong?
(a) The Order of Red Men.
(b) The Society of Blue Men.
(c) The Brotherhood of the Sparrow.
(d) The Freemasons.

2. How did Lucy Elizabeth punish Russell?
(a) She sent him to bed with no supper.
(b) She took away his money.
(c) She locked him in his room.
(d) She whipped him with a belt.

3. When does Russell's mother decide he should be a writer?
(a) When he was five years old and loved to read.
(b) When he was sixteen and writing for a paper.
(c) After an A paper he wrote in the seventh grade.
(d) Shortly after his birth.

4. As part of Morrisonville's ritual for death, what do the women do at Russell's house?
(a) They rearrange all the furniture.
(b) They whitewash the outside.
(c) They take inventory of everything the family owns.
(d) They clean it from top to bottom.

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

6. What happens to Russell's mother at the age of eighty?
(a) She becomes a millionaire.
(b) She moves from New Jersey to California.
(c) She has her last bad fall.
(d) She gets her thirtieth grandchild.

7. What skill does Lucy Elizabeth surprise Russell with just before leaving for Baltimore?
(a) The ability to play piano.
(b) The ability to throw a baseball.
(c) The ability to do a cartwheel.
(d) The ability to dance ballet.

8. What is Russell's mother's nickname for him?
(a) Brother.
(b) Rusty.
(c) Buddy.
(d) Russ.

9. What musical lessons does Russell begin after a door-to-door salesman visits their house?
(a) Piccolo lessons.
(b) Piano lessons.
(c) Guitar lessons.
(d) Banjo lessons.

10. Why was Russell enrolled in a gymnastics program?
(a) It was thought it would help his circulation.
(b) He was not nearly flexible enough for his age.
(c) It was an attempt to correct his posture.
(d) He had dreams of being in the Olympics.

11. What killed Benjamin at the young age of thirty-three?
(a) Acute diabetic coma.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Whooping cough.
(d) Gout.

12. Who was buried in the expensive glass coffin?
(a) Ida Rebecca.
(b) Lucy Elizabeth.
(c) Uncle Irvey.
(d) Sam Reever.

13. What was Benjamin's major flaw, according to Lucy?
(a) He was a terrible driver.
(b) He had horrible table manners.
(c) He was a spendthrift.
(d) He would not give up whiskey.

14. What medicine does Aunt Pat insist on giving to Russell and Doris?
(a) Cod liver oil.
(b) Ketchup.
(c) Calcium carbonate.
(d) Essence of basil.

15. What two types of people does Russell feel are forever disconnected?
(a) Cousins and second cousins.
(b) Sisters and brothers.
(c) First wives and second wives.
(d) Parents and children.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Uncle Allen get his $30-a-week job?

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

3. What major travel institution was located in Brunswick?

4. What business did Uncle Etch run?

5. In his first job, for what company does Russell work?

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