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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. Into what college is Russell accepted?
(a) Yale.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Johns Hopkins.
(d) Sarah Lawrence.

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

3. How long has the family been in Baltimore when Lucy takes Russell and Doris with her to get food?
(a) One year.
(b) Six months.
(c) Three months.
(d) Two years.

4. Where does Harold tell Russell he was shot during World War I?
(a) In the knee.
(b) Between his heart and lung.
(c) Between the eyes.
(d) In the armpit.

5. What attack shocks Russell in 1941?
(a) The bombing of Hiroshima.
(b) The bombing of Nagasaki.
(c) Germany's invasion of Poland.
(d) The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Herb's only vice?

2. What is strange about Russell and Lucy's letters to one another?

3. With which instructor does Russell take the reexamination?

4. What bully beats Russell up at his new school in Baltimore?

5. How does the family hide their shame from the neighborhood?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What school accepts Russell?

3. How successful is Hal's lumber company?

4. What is the first Civil Rights demonstration Russell sees in his life?

5. After Belleville, where does the family move?

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

7. Who is Mary Leslie?

8. In 1939, who does Lucy begin dating?

9. What is Russell's writing success in Mr. Fleagle's class?

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

(see the answer keys)

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