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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mr. Joslin think Ivy Peniston would want to go back to Bermuda?
(a) So she could find a new husband.
(b) He believes all immigrants should return to their land of origin.
(c) Because Jerome failed typing.
(d) The climate and the flowers.

2. Whose speech does Burnham hear while at college in 1960?
(a) McGeorge Bundy.
(b) Mao Tse-tung.
(c) Fidel Castro.
(d) Che Guevera.

3. Burnham believes he is allergic to what?
(a) Ethyl alchohol.
(b) Flour.
(c) Wheat.
(d) Peanut butter.

4. After he confronts Epstein in the Mess, why does Burnham feel terrific?
(a) He was honored to be writing the speech for the President.
(b) He felt well taken care of by Cobb.
(c) He had become an actor instead of a reactor.
(d) He was starting to feel better about his personal problems.

5. What does Burnham want Mr. Renfro to explain?
(a) When he can move into his new office.
(b) Who he can talk to concerning atomic energy documents.
(c) The make up of a neutron bomb.
(d) When his next raise is.

6. Why is Ivy Peniston so upset about Jerome failing typing?
(a) She understands that typing is a very important subject.
(b) She believes her son is lazy.
(c) She thiks he may be dealing drugs.
(d) He will not graduate in time to get a job he has been offered.

7. What is Burnham working on as the story opens?
(a) An official letter of congratulations.
(b) A National Day of Prayer Proclamation.
(c) A college reference letter.
(d) The President's Inaugural Speech.

8. What is stapled to the door of Derry's room?
(a) A poster of Che Guevera.
(b) A poster of Lenin.
(c) A poster of Carl Marx.
(d) A poster of Arthur Scargill.

9. Why was Eva in Jail?
(a) For being the daugher of a Soviet spy.
(b) For plotting to blow up the Glen Canyon Dam.
(c) For being the daughter of a Nazi.
(d) For not paying her taxes.

10. In Chapter 7, what is Sarah most upset about?
(a) Finding the "bug" in the car.
(b) That they argued in front of the children.
(c) That Burnham had no principles.
(d) That Burnham ridiculed Sonja.

11. Burnham's wife, Sarah, says that Derry's pubescent radicalism was due to what?
(a) A healthy superego.
(b) Sarah's lack of time to spend with Derry.
(c) Her disdain of rock stars.
(d) Burnham's decision to work for the President.

12. According to this book, what is the unemployment rate for black males in Washington DC at the time?
(a) Fifty percent.
(b) Ten percent.
(c) Twenty two percent.
(d) Fifteen percent.

13. How does Pym get custody of Eva?
(a) Louises father insisits that he take Eva.
(b) He wins custody in divorce court.
(c) He buys her.
(d) Louise is sent to jail because she is a Nazi.

14. What does Mr. Renfro bring to Burnham's office?
(a) Burnham's new pass for his "Q" clearance.
(b) A document shredder.
(c) A POTUS phone.
(d) Orders for a new office.

15. What does the Majority Leader of the United States Senate say about the President's choice for the Vice President?
(a) "We need to select a female Vice President."
(b) "But he's a bigoted, bullheaded ignoramus."
(c) "I admire this man immensely."
(d) "This man is a war criminal."

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has it been since Burnham had a drink?

2. Who's personal chef has Dickinson been?

3. What does Mr. Pym say to Ivy that makes her think he could help her?

4. How long has Burnham been married to Sarah?

5. What does Burnham want to do with the flame thrower?

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