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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. To what activity does everyone compare piloting a plane?
(a) Building a roof.
(b) Steering a tractor.
(c) Running a marathon.
(d) Driving a car.

2. How does Russell learn to swim?
(a) He starts in the shallows with instructors.
(b) He and his instructor swim out together.
(c) He jumps into the fifteen-foot deep pool.
(d) He never learns to swim.

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

4. On what expensive treat does Russell blow his budget for the trip after hearing Mimi's story?
(a) A six-course meal at the Townhouse.
(b) Dinner at the Chicken Hut and a movie.
(c) A delicate chocolate tart at a famous bakery.
(d) A ferry ride across the harbor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Germany invade Poland in World War II?

2. Who is Russell's English teacher in his third year of high school?

3. How does Uncle Harold die?

4. What does Russell plan to do when he sees the present on Christmas?

5. What does Uncle Harold purchase for Doris after the meeting?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. After Belleville, where does the family move?

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

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

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

9. Who is Mary Leslie?

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

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