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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 happens to Benjamin after he has been drinking?
(a) He sleeps for days.
(b) He loses his short term memory.
(c) He becomes violently ill.
(d) He always gets lost.

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

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

4. 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.

5. How did Lucy Elizabeth punish Russell?
(a) She whipped him with a belt.
(b) She locked him in his room.
(c) She took away his money.
(d) She sent him to bed with no supper.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who offers Lucy Elizabeth a home until she can get back on her feet?

2. Why do Oluf and Lucy Elizabeth stop their correspondence?

3. In his first job, for what company does Russell work?

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

5. Who, according to legend, willed the family their fortune?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is "powwowing"?

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

4. Explain the family's long lost fortune.

5. How does Lucy Elizabeth meet Benjamin?

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

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

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

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

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

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