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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. Where does Uncle Allen get his $30-a-week job?
(a) The schoolhouse.
(b) The B&O Railroad.
(c) The Rockefeller Group.
(d) The Kruger Beverage Company.

2. Despite the medicine, what ailment do Russell and Doris contract?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) Whooping cough.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Diabetes.

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

4. What happens to Russell while trying to play on his first day in Newark?
(a) He gets lost and ends up at a police station.
(b) He is almost hit by a car.
(c) He meets Dutch Schultz.
(d) He fights with Doris and gets in trouble.

5. Who doesn't Uncle Hal get along with in the house?
(a) Aunt Pat.
(b) Lucy Elizabeth.
(c) Doris.
(d) Uncle Charlie.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Uncle Irvey, "A man works from sun to sun, but woman's work is ____?" (p. 55)

2. After Newark, where does the family move?

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

4. What does Lucy do with the present?

5. Where does Lucy Elizabeth finally find work?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What has happened to Russell's mother?

3. Explain the family's long lost fortune.

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

5. What is "powwowing"?

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

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

8. Who is Aunt Pat and why is Russell fond of her?

9. What is ironic about Russell's first appearance in print?

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

(see the answer keys)

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