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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How much younger than Russell is Doris?
(a) Five years.
(b) Seven years.
(c) Two years.
(d) Eighteen months.

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

4. What is Uncle Hal's nickname?
(a) Hop-along.
(b) Colonel.
(c) Buddy.
(d) Sargent.

5. After Newark, where does the family move?
(a) Morrisonville.
(b) Brunswick.
(c) Belleville.
(d) Brooklyn.

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

7. What ancient medicine did the people of Morristown believe in?
(a) Broths made from bark.
(b) The sweat.
(c) Blood letting.
(d) Powwowing.

8. In his first job, for what company does Russell work?
(a) The Curtis Publishing Company.
(b) The Billings Paper Company.
(c) The Neiman Marcus Group.
(d) The Rockefeller Foundation.

9. Where does Lucy Elizabeth take the family when they leave Morrisonville?
(a) Jersey City.
(b) Newark.
(c) Brunswick.
(d) Hoboken.

10. Who was the person with whom Lucy Elizabeth corresponded in Newark?
(a) Uncle Tom.
(b) Oluf.
(c) Aunt Goldie.
(d) Ida Rebecca.

11. What year did Ida Rebecca die?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1930.
(d) 1933.

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

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

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

15. What is Russell's first Christmas gift?
(a) A piece of candy.
(b) A warm knitted scarf.
(c) A toy steam shovel.
(d) A stuffed dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children did Ida Rebecca have?

2. Who allays Russell's fear of the talk about birds and bees?

3. Where are Russell and his family going for their first family trip?

4. When does Russell's mother decide he should be a writer?

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

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