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

2. Why do Oluf and Lucy Elizabeth stop their correspondence?
(a) Oluf has no more money for stamps.
(b) Lucy Elizabeth does not love him anymore.
(c) Lucy Elizabeth finds someone else to court in Newark.
(d) Oluf is in despair and cannot support himself or her family.

3. During a high school debate in 1913, what does Lucy argue in favor of?
(a) Socialism.
(b) The death penalty.
(c) Women's suffrage.
(d) Hoovervilles.

4. Where does Benjamin have to go, interrupting the family's trip?
(a) He has to go to Texas.
(b) He has to go to Newark.
(c) He has to go to a hospital.
(d) He has to go back to Morrisonville.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. While his bully was Irish, Russell's friends were ______.

2. In the shock following his father's death, what does Russell confess he became?

3. After Newark, where does the family move?

4. What is the only area of education that Lucy Elizabeth does not teach Russell?

5. How longs does Lucy Elizabeth intend to live with Uncle Allen?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Lucy Elizabeth's greatest wish for Russell, and how does she help him strive for his goals?

3. To whom does Lucy "give up" Audrey?

4. What has happened to Russell's mother?

5. How does Lucy punish Russell when he misbehaves?

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

7. Why don't Hal and Charlie get along?

8. Who finally bought Uncle Etch's glass coffin?

9. How does Russell learn about the birds and the bees?

10. Explain the family's long lost fortune.

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