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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 is the community's problem with Joe Louis, the heavyweight champion?
(a) He is a cheater.
(b) He is a German.
(c) He is a black man.
(d) He is a criminal.
2. What does Russell list as his ambition in his high school yearbook?
(a) Newspaper Columnist.
(b) Novelist.
(c) Railroad man.
(d) Navy Pilot.
3. What is the first Civil Rights movement Russell sees in his life?
(a) The blacks from Lemmon Street walking down Lombard Street after Joe Louis wins.
(b) The boys in the college having a sit-in.
(c) The boys at his school protesting by sitting on the steps.
(d) Martin Luther King's I Have A Dream speech.
4. What does Russell plan to do when he sees the present on Christmas?
(a) He plans to give it to Doris.
(b) He plans to feign surprise.
(c) He plans to admit he found it already.
(d) He plans to burst into tears.
5. At what age does Mimi run away from the orphanage for good?
(a) Eighteen.
(b) Thirteen.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Ten.
Short Answer Questions
1. What high school group rejects Russell, despite his good grades?
2. What A+ essay has Russell written?
3. With whom has Doris sometimes stayed during the summers?
4. What does Russell discover he will always do in regards to Mimi?
5. What does Mr. Simmons do from the hole in the cellar ceiling?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where does Russell work in his final year of high school?
2. When Germany surrenders, where is Russell sent to await orders?
3. Why doesn't Lucy approve of Mimi?
4. What is odd about the family's new Baltimore home?
5. Who is Mary Leslie?
6. Explain Mimi's childhood.
7. What are Russell and Lucy's letters back and forth about?
8. How successful is Hal's lumber company?
9. After failing one flight examination, how does Russell pass the next one with "Total Loss" Smith?
10. What school accepts Russell?
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