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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. How long has the family been in Baltimore when Lucy takes Russell and Doris with her to get food?
(a) Three months.
(b) Six months.
(c) Two years.
(d) One year.

4. What worries Russell as he nears high school graduation?
(a) He is worried about current events around the world.
(b) He is worried about his mother's declining health.
(c) He is worried about Doris's impending marriage.
(d) He cannot afford college and is unfit for a regular job.

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

6. What step to adulthood is Russell embarrassed that he has not taken?
(a) He has not lost his virginity.
(b) He is unable to build muscles.
(c) He dislikes whiskey.
(d) He stil cannot grow a beard.

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

8. What bully beats Russell up at his new school in Baltimore?
(a) Billy.
(b) George.
(c) Pete.
(d) Fernando.

9. 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.

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

11. Of what religious persuasion is Mimi?
(a) Lutheran.
(b) Methodist.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Mormon.

12. When did Germany invade Poland in World War II?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1943.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1937.

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

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

15. What was the black street in Russell's neighborhood?
(a) Lemmon Street.
(b) Lombard Street.
(c) Crescent Street.
(d) Peachtree Street.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. With which instructor does Russell take the reexamination?

3. What is Herb's only vice?

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

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

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