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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What must Russell sometimes walk past in the downstairs parlor?
(a) The library.
(b) Dead bodies.
(c) The basement door.
(d) The landlord's dog.

2. 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 take her on trips.
(d) Russell will always come back to her.

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

4. What branch of the military does Russell apply for?
(a) The Air Force.
(b) The Coast Guard.
(c) The Navy Air Corps.
(d) The Marine Corps.

5. Of what religious persuasion is the matron at the orphanage?
(a) Lapsed Catholic.
(b) Lutheran.
(c) Fundamentalist Protestant.
(d) The Church of Latter-Day Saints.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Russell actually do when he receives his present on Christmas?

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

3. How does Lucy mark Russell's transition into adolescence?

4. When the war is over, how does Russell secretly feel?

5. What A+ essay has Russell written?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Russell sent to the principle's office at his new school?

2. Who is Mary Leslie?

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

4. How does Russell remember Uncle Harold?

5. What part of adult life is Russell missing, according to his assessment of his friends?

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

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

8. How successful is Hal's lumber company?

9. What news prompts Lucy to send Russell out right away to sell his papers in 1939?

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

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