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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 Mimi's full name?

2. What does Lucy say upon Russell's acceptance to college?

3. What A+ essay has Russell written?

4. What does Russell learn to love about Uncle Harold?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do Russell and George view Mimi?

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

4. In 1939, who does Lucy begin dating?

5. After Belleville, where does the family move?

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

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

8. How successful is Hal's lumber company?

9. What school accepts Russell?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Lucy's obsession with "a home of our own." Is this her ultimate goal? How does she work toward this goal? Choose three instances from the text to illustrate Lucy's desire for a home of their own. How does she finally achieve this goal? How does her achievement affect Russell's life?

Essay Topic 2

Create a character profile of Uncle Harold. Include:

1) What is his background?

2) How does he know Russell?

3) What do Harold and Russell have in common?

4) Discuss Harold's relationship with Doris.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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