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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Front Matter and Part One: The Bet.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much of the vote in his primary election for the U.S. Senate does Obama report receiving?
(a) 63%.
(b) 53%.
(c) 68%.
(d) 58%.

2. In which of the following years does Obama note graduating college?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1983.

3. Which of the following cities does Obama visit on his first official trip abroad as a U.S. Senator?
(a) Beehive.
(b) Bob.
(c) Perm.
(d) Pompadour.

4. From which of the following does Obama note his grandmother’s nickname comes?
(a) English for “A horn’s sound.”
(b) Hawaiian for “A horn’s sound.”
(c) Swahili for “Grandma.”
(d) Hawaiian for “Grandma.”

5. How long does Obama note that Ed Thomas had worked at the White House?
(a) 40 months.
(b) 40 years.
(c) 30 years.
(d) 30 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which of the following years does Obama first learn he is to be a father?

2. By how wide a margin does Obama lose his race against Bobby Rush?

3. Which of the following authors does Obama note reading while in high school?

4. The comment, “I was like a young Walter Mitty; a Don Quixote with no Sancho Panza” (12) offers an example of which of the following?

5. At which of the following companies does Obama report meeting Michelle?

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