1. How long does Obama report anticipating composing his memoir will take?
(a) Half a year.
(b) One year.
(c) Five years.
(d) Two years.

2. By how wide a margin does Obama lose his race against Bobby Rush?
(a) 30 points.
(b) 3 points.
(c) 50 points.
(d) 5 points.

3. Which of the following authors does Obama note reading while in high school?
(a) Hawthorne.
(b) Thoreau.
(c) Melville.
(d) Emerson.

4. At which of the following companies does Obama report meeting Michelle?
(a) Ernst and Young.
(b) Austin and Houston.
(c) Ben and Jerry’s.
(d) Sidley and Austin.

5. Which of the following authors does Obama note reading while in high school?
(a) Pushkin.
(b) Dostoyevsky.
(c) Solovyov.
(d) Gogol.

Short Answer Questions

1. Michelle’s comment that “You have some magic beans, and you’re going to plant them, and overnight a huge beanstalk is going to grow high into the sky, and you’ll climb up the beanstalk, kill the giant who lives in the clouds, and then bring home a goose that lays golden eggs” (45) is an example of which of the following?

2. To which of the following novelists’ audiobooks does Obama report listening while an Illinois state senator?

3. Which of the following cities does Obama visit on his first official trip abroad as a U.S. Senator?

4. At which of the following schools does Obama note teaching after marrying Michelle?

5. In which of the following years does Obama note marrying Michelle?

(see the answer key)

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