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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 does Russell learn to love about Uncle Harold?
(a) Russell loves his practicality and good sense.
(b) Russell loves his horse farm.
(c) Russell loves his romanticism and storytelling.
(d) Russell loves his gun collections.

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

3. What does Russell list as his ambition in his high school yearbook?
(a) Novelist.
(b) Navy Pilot.
(c) Newspaper Columnist.
(d) Railroad man.

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

5. After meeting Mimi, what is Lucy's comment?
(a) She seems a few important cards short of a working deck.
(b) She wouldn't be a bad-looking girl if she didn't wear so much makeup.
(c) Russell should propose right away before someone else does.
(d) Man works from sunup to sundown but a woman's work is never done.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Karen, his girlfriend, do for work?

2. Where is Russell sent when Germany surrenders?

3. How does Doris feel after meeting her sister?

4. What girl does Russell idolize on his paper route?

5. One summer, who is Doris stunned to finally meet?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. After what event does Russell apply for the Navy?

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

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

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

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

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

8. After Doris meets Audrey, what does Uncle Harold do for her?

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

10. How does Charlie Sussman help Russell go to college?

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