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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the family hide their shame from the neighborhood?
(a) Russell and Lucy send Doris ahead as a distraction.
(b) They take a car ride home instead of walking.
(c) Russell and Lucy place their coats over the food.
(d) They collect the food in the dead of night.

2. After talking about the expense of college, what does Herb offer to do for Russell?
(a) He offers to pay his way through college.
(b) He offers to get him a job in another grocery.
(c) He offers to pay half the college tuition.
(d) He offers to get him a job at the railroad.

3. Why has Uncle Charlie returned to Belleville?
(a) He was kicked out by Lucy.
(b) He is depressed by the constant funerals.
(c) He missed Aunt Pat.
(d) He missed working for the newspaper.

4. What color is Russell's new suit?
(a) It is gray with white stripes.
(b) It is black with black buttons.
(c) It is red with purple buttons.
(d) It is green with gray stripes.

5. What bully beats Russell up at his new school in Baltimore?
(a) Billy.
(b) George.
(c) Fernando.
(d) Pete.

6. What is installed in the house for Herb's job?
(a) A telephone.
(b) A garage.
(c) A refrigerator.
(d) A dishwasher.

7. 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 never learns to swim.
(d) He starts in the shallows with instructors.

8. How does Uncle Harold die?
(a) He dies in the hospital of lung cancer.
(b) He dies in the hospital after a series of heart attacks.
(c) He dies in a hunting accident.
(d) He dies in a car accident.

9. When did Germany invade Poland in World War II?
(a) 1937.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1941.

10. When the war is over, how does Russell secretly feel?
(a) He feels angry.
(b) He feels relieved.
(c) He feels excited.
(d) He feels disappointed.

11. How long does it take Russell to sell his extra papers with the invasion headline?
(a) Two hours.
(b) Fifteen minutes.
(c) Three days.
(d) One hour.

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

13. What orphanage was Mimi raised in?
(a) Sheltering Arms.
(b) St. Mary's of the Apostle.
(c) Sarah Agnes Home.
(d) Children's Home.

14. What is the community's problem with Joe Louis, the heavyweight champion?
(a) He is a black man.
(b) He is a cheater.
(c) He is a German.
(d) He is a criminal.

15. What does Russell plan to do when he sees the present on Christmas?
(a) He plans to admit he found it already.
(b) He plans to feign surprise.
(c) He plans to burst into tears.
(d) He plans to give it to Doris.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Herb's only vice?

2. Of what religious persuasion is Mimi?

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

4. What does Mr. Simmons do from the hole in the cellar ceiling?

5. Whom does Lucy begin to date in 1939?

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