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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After he leaves for his Navy training, how long does it take for Russell to get homesick?
(a) Twelve hours.
(b) Three days.
(c) A month.
(d) Two weeks.

2. How does Uncle Harold die?
(a) He dies in the hospital of lung cancer.
(b) He dies in a car accident.
(c) He dies in the hospital after a series of heart attacks.
(d) He dies in a hunting accident.

3. How does Russell learn to swim?
(a) He and his instructor swim out together.
(b) He never learns to swim.
(c) He jumps into the fifteen-foot deep pool.
(d) He starts in the shallows with instructors.

4. Why is Jim a poor flight instructor?
(a) He does nothing but yell at Russell.
(b) He never lets Russell control the plane himself.
(c) He never comes to the lessons.
(d) He never helps Russell control the plane.

5. What vices does Aunt Sister have?
(a) She smokes, chews gum, and swears.
(b) She gambles, throws fits, and fights with strangers.
(c) She drinks, dances, and drives too fast.
(d) She steals, lies, and cheats.

6. What hero of Russell's does Harold dislike?
(a) Roosevelt.
(b) Uncle Charlie.
(c) Moe Simon.
(d) Dick Tracy.

7. What attack shocks Russell in 1941?
(a) The bombing of Nagasaki.
(b) The bombing of Hiroshima.
(c) Germany's invasion of Poland.
(d) The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

8. What is installed in the house for Herb's job?
(a) A telephone.
(b) A garage.
(c) A dishwasher.
(d) A refrigerator.

9. Into what college is Russell accepted?
(a) Johns Hopkins.
(b) Sarah Lawrence.
(c) Yale.
(d) Harvard.

10. How does Lucy mark Russell's transition into adolescence?
(a) She purchases long pants for him.
(b) She makes a large mark on the height chart.
(c) She throws a dinner party.
(d) She buys him a cap.

11. On his first physical, the doctor suggests that Russell come back in three days and stop eating what?
(a) Meat.
(b) Snap peas.
(c) Green Beans.
(d) Potatoes.

12. What does Russell plan to do when he sees the present on Christmas?
(a) He plans to feign surprise.
(b) He plans to give it to Doris.
(c) He plans to admit he found it already.
(d) He plans to burst into tears.

13. What job in the store will Mr. Simmons not allow Russell to do?
(a) He is not allowed to take inventory.
(b) He is not allowed to work the cash register.
(c) He is not allowed to wash the windows.
(d) He is not allowed to do manual labor.

14. What is strange about Russell and Lucy's letters to one another?
(a) They make no mention of schooling.
(b) They contain no hints of the turbulent time period.
(c) They are written with ink instead of pencil.
(d) They are in Latin.

15. Whom does Lucy begin to date in 1939?
(a) Benjamin Baker.
(b) Herb Orrison.
(c) Oluf.
(d) Mr. Simmons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What high school group rejects Russell, despite his good grades?

2. What is Mimi's full name?

3. How does Doris feel after meeting her sister?

4. What does Mr. Simmons do from the hole in the cellar ceiling?

5. What worries Russell about working in the grocery or on the railroad?

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