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

2. Who is Herb's daughter with Lucy?
(a) Mary Leslie.
(b) Doris.
(c) Mimi.
(d) Audrey.

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

4. What must Russell sometimes walk past in the downstairs parlor?
(a) Dead bodies.
(b) The landlord's dog.
(c) The library.
(d) The basement door.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mr. Simmons do from the hole in the cellar ceiling?

3. What does Russell actually do when he receives his present on Christmas?

4. When the war is over, how does Russell secretly feel?

5. At what age does Mimi run away from the orphanage for good?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lucy purchase for Russell as a mark of adolescence?

2. Why is Russell sent to the principle's office at his new school?

3. When Lucy announces she and Herb will marry, how does Russell feel?

4. Where does Russell work in his final year of high school?

5. What school accepts Russell?

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

7. Explain Mimi's childhood.

8. What news prompts Lucy to send Russell out right away to sell his papers in 1939?

9. How successful is Hal's lumber company?

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

(see the answer keys)

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