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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Russell treat Lucy when he begins to surpass her education?
(a) His attitude becomes snobbish.
(b) He refuses to talk to her until her Latin improves.
(c) He spends extra time to help her understand his studies.
(d) He is embarrassed with her and does not want her to meet his friends.

2. What does Herb do for a living?
(a) He works as a traveling salesman.
(b) He is a professor.
(c) He works in the grocery business.
(d) He works for the B&O Railroad.

3. On his first physical, the doctor suggests that Russell come back in three days and stop eating what?
(a) Meat.
(b) Snap peas.
(c) Green Beans.
(d) Potatoes.

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

5. Why is Russell angry with Herb?
(a) He is jealous of his time with his mother.
(b) He feels replaced as the man of the family.
(c) He misses his father and does not want a replacement.
(d) He hates the railroad.

6. What Christmas present does Russell accidentally discover?
(a) He discovers a tin train.
(b) He discovers a new bike.
(c) He discovers a doll for Doris.
(d) He discovers a puppy.

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

8. After his hangover subsides, how does Russell feel?
(a) Completely calm.
(b) Confused.
(c) Seriously ill.
(d) Anxious.

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

11. With what military branch did Uncle Harold serve?
(a) The Navy.
(b) The Marines.
(c) The Army.
(d) The Coast Guard.

12. What class in school does Russell hate the most?
(a) Latin class.
(b) Swimming class.
(c) History class.
(d) English class.

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

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

15. What job in the store will Mr. Simmons not allow Russell to do?
(a) He is not allowed to take inventory.
(b) He is not allowed to work the cash register.
(c) He is not allowed to wash the windows.
(d) He is not allowed to do manual labor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What worries Russell as he nears high school graduation?

2. How long does it take Russell to sell his extra papers with the invasion headline?

3. Of what religious persuasion is the matron at the orphanage?

4. Where does Harold tell Russell he was shot during World War I?

5. One summer, who is Doris stunned to finally meet?

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