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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. Why were Lucy and Benjamin in a hurry to get married?
(a) Benjamin was about to be deported.
(b) Lucy had become pregnant.
(c) They could not wait to live together.
(d) They had to do it secretly.

2. To whom did Lucy Elizabeth give up Audrey?
(a) Uncle Tom and Aunt Goldie.
(b) Ida Rebecca.
(c) Uncle Irvey.
(d) Uncle Miller and Aunt Eustace.

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

4. What major travel institution was located in Brunswick?
(a) The Stagecoach Station.
(b) The B&O Railroad Line.
(c) The American Airlines hub.
(d) The Ocean Liner travel agency.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What tipped Lucy Elizabeth's decision to leave Audrey?

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

3. Who lives in Baltimore that Lucy Elizabeth is excited to be near?

4. From what ailment does Russell's father suffer?

5. Where did Russell and his family live in 1932?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Uncle Edwin do for a living?

3. What is "powwowing"?

4. What has happened to Russell's mother?

5. Where does the family move after Morrisonville?

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

7. Why has Uncle Charlie chosen never to leave the house?

8. Explain the family's long lost fortune.

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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