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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. While delivering papers, where does the well-dressed man try to take him?
(a) He tries to take him to get breakfast.
(b) He tries to take him to a party.
(c) He tries to take him to the park.
(d) He tries to take him to the train station.

5. When the war is over, how does Russell secretly feel?
(a) He feels angry.
(b) He feels relieved.
(c) He feels excited.
(d) He feels disappointed.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whom does Lucy begin to date in 1939?

3. What class in school does Russell hate the most?

4. Where does Russell invite Mimi, only to give her hours of walking tour history lessons?

5. What is strange about Russell and Lucy's letters to one another?

Short Essay Questions

1. What incident happens early one morning as Russell delivers his papers?

2. What is the first Civil Rights demonstration Russell sees in his life?

3. In 1939, who does Lucy begin dating?

4. What class at school is torture for Russell, and why?

5. What part of adult life is Russell missing, according to his assessment of his friends?

6. Explain Mimi's childhood.

7. After failing one flight examination, how does Russell pass the next one with "Total Loss" Smith?

8. How does Russell remember Uncle Harold?

9. How successful is Hal's lumber company?

10. What is Russell's writing success in Mr. Fleagle's class?

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