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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapters 1 - 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of Part 3, Chapter 3?
(a) "Outlaw."
(b) "Lawyers."
(c) "Facing Myself."
(d) "Distant Intimacy."

2. Who was the chairman of the Washington Post Company when the author began his two-year internship there?
(a) Len Downie.
(b) Craig Walker.
(c) Jim Strand.
(d) Don Graham.

3. What did Gail Wade teach at a nearby middle school?
(a) German.
(b) French.
(c) Spanish.
(d) English.

4. Who was the author's choir teacher in high school?
(a) Mrs. Denny.
(b) Mr. Gedge.
(c) Mr. Dingall.
(d) Mrs. Carson.

5. The author states in Part 2, Chapter 13 that reading what "felt like shopping at a grocery store for food I'd never tasted and probably could not afford" (107)?
(a) The New York Times.
(b) The Chicago Tribune.
(c) The New Yorker.
(d) The Washington Post.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author was a part of a team that wrote covering on what incident, earning them the Pulitzer Prize?

2. Who introduced the author to Mark Zuckerberg at the White House Correspondents' Dinner in 2007?

3. Who wrote the poem "The White Man's Burden"?

4. What literary device stands out in the following sentence from Part 2, Chapter 10: "Since the beginning of my journalism career, there was no escaping the fact that I was lying about myself so I could survive in a profession dependent on truth-telling" (97)?

5. What is Part 3, Chapter 5 titled?

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