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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 friend encourages Russell to try college?
(a) George Stillman.
(b) Charlie Sussman.
(c) Mr. Simmons.
(d) Mimi.

2. What is Herb's only vice?
(a) Betting on horses.
(b) Going to nightclubs.
(c) Smoking cigarettes.
(d) Drinking alcohol.

3. What is Mimi's full name?
(a) Melissa Jane Nash.
(b) Miriam Emily Nash.
(c) Mariah Anne Nash.
(d) Melinda Charlotte Nash.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Russell discover he will always do in regards to Mimi?

2. What bully beats Russell up at his new school in Baltimore?

3. In what areas is Russell's knowledge extremely limited?

4. With what military branch did Uncle Harold serve?

5. While delivering papers, where does the well-dressed man try to take him?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Russell and George view Mimi?

2. Why is Russell denied membership to his high school honor's society?

3. What happens on Russell and Mimi's date to Washington?

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

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

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

7. What is odd about the family's new Baltimore home?

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

9. What are Russell and Lucy's letters back and forth about?

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

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