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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first Civil Rights movement Russell sees in his life?
(a) The boys in the college having a sit-in.
(b) Martin Luther King's I Have A Dream speech.
(c) The blacks from Lemmon Street walking down Lombard Street after Joe Louis wins.
(d) The boys at his school protesting by sitting on the steps.

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

3. With what military branch did Uncle Harold serve?
(a) The Navy.
(b) The Coast Guard.
(c) The Marines.
(d) The Army.

4. What does Russell do the weekend before his reexamination?
(a) He shuts himself in his room to study.
(b) He quits the Navy.
(c) He proposes to Karen.
(d) He goes on a bender with his friends.

5. What worries Russell about working in the grocery or on the railroad?
(a) He worries he would not have time for fun.
(b) He worries he would not be good at either job.
(c) He worries he would not be able to find a job.
(d) He worries he would not be paid enough.

6. Who is Aunt Sister's husband?
(a) Uncle Allen.
(b) Uncle Charlie.
(c) Uncle Harold.
(d) Uncle Hal.

7. What does Russell discover he will always do in regards to Mimi?
(a) Russell will always take her on trips.
(b) Russell will always take her to dinner.
(c) Russell will always come back to her.
(d) Russell will always buy her gifts.

8. What does Mr. Simmons do from the hole in the cellar ceiling?
(a) He is a spy for the government.
(b) He steals money out of people's pockets.
(c) He looks up women's skirts.
(d) He runs a bootleg whiskey operation.

9. Where does Russell invite Mimi, only to give her hours of walking tour history lessons?
(a) New York City.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) Washington.
(d) New Haven.

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

11. At what age does Mimi run away from the orphanage for good?
(a) Sixteen.
(b) Thirteen.
(c) Ten.
(d) Eighteen.

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

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

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

15. Why is Russell angry with Herb?
(a) He feels replaced as the man of the family.
(b) He misses his father and does not want a replacement.
(c) He hates the railroad.
(d) He is jealous of his time with his mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Into what college is Russell accepted?

2. What does Russell learn to love about Uncle Harold?

3. While delivering papers, where does the well-dressed man try to take him?

4. What bully beats Russell up at his new school in Baltimore?

5. Of what religious persuasion is the matron at the orphanage?

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