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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 horse farm.
(b) Russell loves his romanticism and storytelling.
(c) Russell loves his gun collections.
(d) Russell loves his practicality and good sense.

2. One summer, who is Doris stunned to finally meet?
(a) Audrey.
(b) Mary Leslie.
(c) Ida Rebecca.
(d) Benjamin.

3. What was the black street in Russell's neighborhood?
(a) Lombard Street.
(b) Peachtree Street.
(c) Crescent Street.
(d) Lemmon Street.

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

5. Into what college is Russell accepted?
(a) Johns Hopkins.
(b) Yale.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Sarah Lawrence.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time of year were the orphanages shuttled from party to party, expected to be grateful?

2. What vices does Aunt Sister have?

3. After his hangover subsides, how does Russell feel?

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

5. On what expensive treat does Russell blow his budget for the trip after hearing Mimi's story?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Explain Mimi's childhood.

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

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

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

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

7. In 1939, who does Lucy begin dating?

8. What school accepts Russell?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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