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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The streetwise girl lured Russell into her basement with promises of what?
(a) Soda.
(b) Cake.
(c) Comic Books.
(d) Money.

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

4. What small present has Benjamin bought for Doris?
(a) A small mirror.
(b) A book.
(c) A tiny set of dishes.
(d) A miniature doll.

5. What did Russell's mother insist he would do?
(a) Make something of himself.
(b) Live in New York City.
(c) Marry an heiress.
(d) Get a job as a salesman.

6. Why did Lucy Elizabeth feel jealous of Aunt Goldie?
(a) Aunt Goldie was the most beautiful woman in five counties.
(b) Aunt Goldie had an indoor bathroom.
(c) Lucy Elizabeth was in love with Uncle Tom.
(d) Aunt Goldie convinced Uncle Tom to stop drinking.

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

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

9. How and when did Papa die?
(a) He died in 1910 in a carriage accident at the age of 47.
(b) He died in 1918 of the flu at the age of 54.
(c) He died in 1929 after the stock market crash at the age of 65.
(d) He died in 1917 of a heart attack at the age of 53.

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

11. What tipped Lucy Elizabeth's decision to leave Audrey?
(a) Ida Rebecca threatens her with legal action.
(b) Goldie says Benjamin wanted them to take care of Audrey.
(c) Goldie gives her twenty dollars.
(d) Uncle Tom pleads with her for hours.

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

13. Who takes Russell to see Benjamin when his body is brought home?
(a) Uncle Irvey.
(b) Lucy Elizabeth.
(c) Ida Rebecca.
(d) Annie Grigsby.

14. For what endeavor does Hal attempt to get financial support from Lucy Elizabeth?
(a) His lumber company.
(b) His law practice.
(c) His medical license.
(d) His laundry scheme.

15. In the shock following his father's death, what does Russell confess he became?
(a) A skeptic, never fully trusting God again.
(b) A paperboy, keeping himself busy.
(c) A trouble maker, breaking windows and stealing.
(d) A zealot, pouring himself into religion as a retreat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Russell while trying to play on his first day in Newark?

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

3. Why was Russell enrolled in a gymnastics program?

4. Despite the medicine, what ailment do Russell and Doris contract?

5. What ancient medicine did the people of Morristown believe in?

(see the answer keys)

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