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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the temporary situation of Agnes' that lasts four years instead of the short time expected?
(a) Agnes lives with her guru
(b) Agnes moves to Italy
(c) Agnes stays home with her children.
(d) Agnes goes to Washington

2. The presence of Mattie Jeffres retards Kay's learning of basic _____________ skills.
(a) Domestic
(b) Financial
(c) Childcare
(d) Reading

3. What college does Kay first attend, learning to survive by bumping into reality?
(a) Yale
(b) Harvard
(c) Vassar
(d) Smith

4. What is the name of the journal of the New School for Social Research that Agnes helps to co-found and edit?
(a) Crimson
(b) The Tidal
(c) The Inner Work
(d) 291

5. What name does Kay drop in order to get in to tour the plant where the union struggle is taking place?
(a) Cissy
(b) Her mother
(c) Her school
(d) The Post

6. President Truman's _____________ Emergency Committee is based on Father's suggestion.
(a) War
(b) Terrorism
(c) Health
(d) Famine

7. Father shares concerns about the ___________ threat with Kay.
(a) Disease
(b) Nazi
(c) Media
(d) Communist

8. What does Agnes do for two months after the birth of Elizabeth in 1914?
(a) Travels around Europe
(b) Stays in a mental ward
(c) Runs for office
(d) Stays at home with her

9. Who do Kay and Phil support in the election year, though her parents do not agree with her?
(a) FDR
(b) Eisenhower
(c) LBJ
(d) Nixon

10. What is the nickname the children have for their initial caretaker?
(a) Madame Powell
(b) Maria
(c) Powelly
(d) Miss Fitch

11. What does Father want the publication to become under his guidance and time in a leadership position?
(a) Bipartisan
(b) Partisan
(c) Better looking
(d) Nonpartisan

12. ___________ is a difficult baby and Kay has to lean on her three-year-old, Lally, for assistance.
(a) Joseph
(b) Ruth
(c) Ron
(d) Donny

13. What do Phil and Kay call their baby, who is causing Kay to be on bedrest to avoid another miscarriage?
(a) Petunia
(b) Plum
(c) Sweetness
(d) Cookie

14. Who quickly leaves to go to Harvard and joins Newsweek's European staff?
(a) Don Wiggins
(b) Cissy Armstrong
(c) Kay Graham
(d) Ben Bradlee

15. What position does Phil take in order to learn the newspaper business at the top?
(a) Printer
(b) Publisher
(c) Editor
(d) Deputy

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of man does Eugene sign up to be in Washington, serving on the War Industries Board?

2. Kay keeps tabs on a ________ full of strikebreakers making the rounds of the waterfront.

3. What is one of the rooms in the new house on R street that receives the special attention of Kay?

4. What is the first name of the woman that Eugene decided to marry two years after meeting her?

5. Kay's _________ celebration is more restrained than most, though she meets a good friend there.

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