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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What orphanage was Mimi raised in?
(a) Sarah Agnes Home.
(b) Sheltering Arms.
(c) St. Mary's of the Apostle.
(d) Children's Home.

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

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

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

5. How does the family hide their shame from the neighborhood?
(a) They take a car ride home instead of walking.
(b) They collect the food in the dead of night.
(c) Russell and Lucy place their coats over the food.
(d) Russell and Lucy send Doris ahead as a distraction.

6. Who is Russell's English teacher in his third year of high school?
(a) Mr. Jones.
(b) Mr. Martin.
(c) Mr. Simmons.
(d) Mr. Fleagle.

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

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

9. 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 Aunt Pat.
(d) He missed working for the newspaper.

10. Where is Russell sent when Germany surrenders?
(a) London, England.
(b) Berlin, Germany.
(c) Pensacola, Florida.
(d) Houston, Texas.

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

12. How many months does Russell spend in training?
(a) Twenty-four.
(b) Three.
(c) Nine.
(d) Eighteen.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What step to adulthood is Russell embarrassed that he has not taken?

2. What does Lucy call his new love?

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

4. What branch of the military does Russell apply for?

5. On his first physical, the doctor suggests that Russell come back in three days and stop eating what?

(see the answer keys)

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