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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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.

4. What is Uncle Charlie's favorite book?
(a) Pride and Prejudice.
(b) Atlas Shrugged.
(c) The Declaration of Independence.
(d) The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Lucy Elizabeth punish Russell?

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

3. According to everyone in town, where was Annie Grigsby born?

4. What superstitions does Ida Rebecca believe, but Lucy Elizabeth does not?

5. What medicine does Aunt Pat insist on giving to Russell and Doris?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Russell's earliest memory?

2. What are Russell's memories of the women's work in Morrisonville?

3. How does the author describe his mother's attitude toward men?

4. Who is Oluf?

5. In Belleville, what does Aunt Pat do to protest the landlady's Herbert Hoover poster?

6. How does Lucy Elizabeth meet Benjamin?

7. What remedy does Aunt Pat insist is good for the children, but they find disgusting?

8. Where has Russell and his family gone to celebrate the hog-butchering season?

9. What are some of the reasons Ida Rebecca dislikes Lucy Elizabeth?

10. What did Lucy Elizabeth feel was her greatest failure with Benjamin?

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