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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 color is Russell's new suit?
(a) It is black with black buttons.
(b) It is green with gray stripes.
(c) It is gray with white stripes.
(d) It is red with purple buttons.

2. What, theoretically, will Russell's advanced courses in high school allow him to do?
(a) They will allow him to join the marines.
(b) They will allow him to graduate early.
(c) They will allow him to skip a year of college.
(d) They will allow him to get a job as a teacher.

3. Where does Harold tell Russell he was shot during World War I?
(a) In the knee.
(b) Between the eyes.
(c) Between his heart and lung.
(d) In the armpit.

4. What does Uncle Harold purchase for Doris after the meeting?
(a) He buys her a dress.
(b) He buys her a robe.
(c) He buys her some shoes.
(d) He buys her a candy.

5. One morning during his paper route, what terrifying story does Russell read?
(a) He reads that the price of milk is going up.
(b) He reads about a dismembered body found in the sewer.
(c) He reads about the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
(d) He reads about a house fire that has burned all night.

Short Answer Questions

1. What orphanage was Mimi raised in?

2. For what does Russell apply in hopes of going to college?

3. Who is Herb's daughter with Lucy?

4. After meeting Mimi, what is Lucy's comment?

5. How does Uncle Harold die?

Short Essay Questions

1. How successful is Hal's lumber company?

2. What class at school is torture for Russell, and why?

3. After what event does Russell apply for the Navy?

4. After failing one flight examination, how does Russell pass the next one with "Total Loss" Smith?

5. How do Russell and George view Mimi?

6. After Belleville, where does the family move?

7. After Doris meets Audrey, what does Uncle Harold do for her?

8. In 1939, who does Lucy begin dating?

9. Why doesn't Lucy approve of Mimi?

10. What part of adult life is Russell missing, according to his assessment of his friends?

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