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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Herb's only vice?

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

3. Whom does Lucy begin to date in 1939?

4. What high school group rejects Russell, despite his good grades?

5. Where does Russell invite Mimi, only to give her hours of walking tour history lessons?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. When Germany surrenders, where is Russell sent to await orders?

9. What school accepts Russell?

10. How successful is Hal's lumber company?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Like everyone, Russell has insecurities about himself. How do his insecurities change over the years? Examine Russell as:

1) A small child.

2) A boy.

3) An adolescent.

4) A teenager.

5) A young man.

What are his biggest concerns at each age? How does he overcome his fears?

Essay Topic 2

Russell and Doris spend much of their childhood with Uncle Allen and Aunt Pat. Why does the family move in with them? Are they happy to have their relatives come? Why or why not? Why does Russell view them as an odd couple? What does Russell learn from Aunt Pat and Uncle Allen? What does Russell learn from Uncle Charlie and Uncle Hal?

Essay Topic 3

Examine Russell's relationship with Mimi. How did the two meet? When does Russell fall in love with her? Is he clear about when she falls in love with him? What is the central problem in their relationship? Discuss both sides of the "marriage argument:" why won't Russell marry her? How much influence does Lucy have over his opinions about marriage? What is the end result?

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