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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Why has Uncle Charlie returned to Belleville?
(a) He was kicked out by Lucy.
(b) He is depressed by the constant funerals.
(c) He missed working for the newspaper.
(d) He missed Aunt Pat.

3. What does Karen, his girlfriend, do for work?
(a) She is a burlesque dancer.
(b) She is training to become a nurse.
(c) She is farmer.
(d) She is a schoolteacher.

4. 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 do manual labor.
(c) He is not allowed to work the cash register.
(d) He is not allowed to wash the windows.

5. What does Russell actually do when he receives his present on Christmas?
(a) He cannot act surprised.
(b) He hugs his mother and kisses her.
(c) He admits he found the gift.
(d) He gives the gift to Doris.

6. For what does Russell apply in hopes of going to college?
(a) Scholarship.
(b) Jobs.
(c) The army.
(d) Loans.

7. At what time of year were the orphanages shuttled from party to party, expected to be grateful?
(a) July 4th.
(b) Easter.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Diwali.

8. What high school group rejects Russell, despite his good grades?
(a) The Glee Club.
(b) The Latin Club.
(c) The Yearbook Committee.
(d) The Honor Society.

9. What kind of food is the family taking home?
(a) Leftover food from restaurants.
(b) USDA beef and chicken.
(c) Government issued assistance food.
(d) All organic, all natural fruits and vegetables.

10. What famous text do Russell and George use as a guide for their dealings with Mimi?
(a) Dante's Inferno.
(b) Oedipus Rex.
(c) Romeo and Juliet.
(d) Pygmalion.

11. After talking about the expense of college, what does Herb offer to do for Russell?
(a) He offers to pay his way through college.
(b) He offers to get him a job in another grocery.
(c) He offers to get him a job at the railroad.
(d) He offers to pay half the college tuition.

12. After running away from the orphanage, where did Mimi find work?
(a) Macy's.
(b) The Pancake Palace.
(c) Waffle House.
(d) Egg Harbor.

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

14. Of what religious persuasion is the matron at the orphanage?
(a) Lapsed Catholic.
(b) Fundamentalist Protestant.
(c) The Church of Latter-Day Saints.
(d) Lutheran.

15. What A+ essay has Russell written?
(a) The History of Baltimore Abridged.
(b) The Sound and the Fury.
(c) The Art of Eating Spaghetti.
(d) The Way to Tie a Shoe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Russell is shocked when Lucy decides to marry who?

2. What is Herb's only vice?

3. With whom has Doris sometimes stayed during the summers?

4. How long has the family been in Baltimore when Lucy takes Russell and Doris with her to get food?

5. How does Uncle Harold die?

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