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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. With whom has Doris sometimes stayed during the summers?
(a) With Uncle Miller and Aunt Edmonia.
(b) WIth Ida Rebecca.
(c) With Aunt Goldie and Uncle Tom.
(d) With Aunt Sister and Uncle Harold.

3. How many months does Russell spend in training?
(a) Twenty-four.
(b) Nine.
(c) Three.
(d) Eighteen.

4. Why is Jim a poor flight instructor?
(a) He never comes to the lessons.
(b) He never helps Russell control the plane.
(c) He does nothing but yell at Russell.
(d) He never lets Russell control the plane himself.

5. What does Russell discover he will always do in regards to Mimi?
(a) Russell will always buy her gifts.
(b) Russell will always take her to dinner.
(c) Russell will always come back to her.
(d) Russell will always take her on trips.

6. In what areas is Russell's knowledge extremely limited?
(a) Composition and writing.
(b) Culture and politics.
(c) Baseball and tennis.
(d) Latin and grammar.

7. What is the first Civil Rights movement Russell sees in his life?
(a) The boys at his school protesting by sitting on the steps.
(b) The blacks from Lemmon Street walking down Lombard Street after Joe Louis wins.
(c) The boys in the college having a sit-in.
(d) Martin Luther King's I Have A Dream speech.

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

9. What does Lucy say upon Russell's acceptance to college?
(a) She wants him to make something of himself.
(b) Jesus, Mary, and Joseph!
(c) She always knew he could do it.
(d) She wants him to work for the railroad.

10. What worries Russell as he nears high school graduation?
(a) He cannot afford college and is unfit for a regular job.
(b) He is worried about current events around the world.
(c) He is worried about his mother's declining health.
(d) He is worried about Doris's impending marriage.

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

12. How long does it take for Joe Louis to defeat Max Schmeling?
(a) Two minutes and nine seconds.
(b) Ten minutes and twenty seconds.
(c) Thirty seconds.
(d) Three hours, ten minutes, thirteen seconds.

13. Russell is shocked when Lucy decides to marry who?
(a) Mr. Simmons.
(b) Herb.
(c) Benjamin.
(d) Oluf.

14. While delivering papers, where does the well-dressed man try to take him?
(a) He tries to take him to a party.
(b) He tries to take him to the park.
(c) He tries to take him to the train station.
(d) He tries to take him to get breakfast.

15. How does Doris feel after meeting her sister?
(a) She feels shabby in comparison.
(b) She feels frustration with Lucy.
(c) She feels angry at Audrey's luck.
(d) She feels only elation.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what does Russell apply in hopes of going to college?

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

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

4. Who is Aunt Sister's husband?

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

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