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

2. When Russell was a young boy, what famous President's time could many of the old men remember (from first-hand accounts)?
(a) Abraham Lincoln.
(b) John Quincy Adams.
(c) Andrew Jackson.
(d) Theodore Roosevelt.

3. Where does Lucy Elizabeth take the family when they leave Morrisonville?
(a) Jersey City.
(b) Hoboken.
(c) Brunswick.
(d) Newark.

4. What specter does Ida Rebecca see in her doorway one night?
(a) Raymond.
(b) Miller.
(c) Etch.
(d) Irvey.

5. According to everyone in town, where was Annie Grigsby born?
(a) In slavery.
(b) In Milwaukee.
(c) In indentured servitude.
(d) In London.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Benjamin have to go, interrupting the family's trip?

2. What happens to Benjamin after he has been drinking?

3. What happens to Russell's mother at the age of eighty?

4. What new-fangeled luxury item did Uncle Tom have in his house?

5. The streetwise girl lured Russell into her basement with promises of what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Oluf?

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

4. When does Russell decide to become a writer?

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

6. What does Uncle Edwin do for a living?

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

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

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

10. What is "powwowing"?

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