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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what town does Obama spend the evening of the Iowa caucus?
(a) Altoona.
(b) Ankeny.
(c) Andrews.
(d) Alleman.

2. 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?
(a) Analogy.
(b) Conceit.
(c) Oxymoron.
(d) Simile.

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

4. Which of the following authors does Obama note reading while in college?
(a) Fanon.
(b) Jeanson.
(c) Chaulet.
(d) Camus.

5. Which of the following does Obama select to head the Council of Economic Advisers?
(a) Jared Bernstein.
(b) Melody Barnes.
(c) Peter Orszag.
(d) Christina Romer.

6. Which of the following meanings is attached to the acronym FOB in the memoir?
(a) Fatally obstructive bureaucrats.
(b) First on base.
(c) Forward obligation balancing.
(d) Forward operating base.

7. In what year does Obama note the Resolute desk was given to the White House?
(a) 1890.
(b) 1870.
(c) 1900.
(d) 1880.

8. Obama’s comment that he “was from everywhere and nowhere at once, a combination of ill-fitting parts, like a platypus or some imaginary beast” (9) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Allegory.
(b) Simile.
(c) Conceit.
(d) Metaphor.

9. In which year does Obama note the first inaugural ball was held in Washington, DC?
(a) 1805.
(b) 1801.
(c) 1813.
(d) 1809.

10. Which of the following rallies on Obama’s behalf in Iowa?
(a) Oprah Winfrey.
(b) Vanessa Williams.
(c) Angela Bassett.
(d) Whoopi Goldberg.

11. On which of the following towns’ names does Obama focus pronunciation efforts?
(a) Waterloo.
(b) Des Moines.
(c) Lamoni.
(d) Ottumwa.

12. In what year does Obama note cloture came into practice?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1916.
(c) 1914.
(d) 1917.

13. How tall does Obama report being?
(a) 6’4”.
(b) 6’8”.
(c) 5’10”.
(d) 6’1”.

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

15. To which of the following novelists’ audiobooks does Obama report listening while an Illinois state senator?
(a) Octavia Butler.
(b) Audre Lorde.
(c) Zora Neale Hurston.
(d) Toni Morrison.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which of the following hotels does Obama note staying while campaigning for the presidency?

2. Which of the following does Obama select to become Treasury Secretary?

3. How high does Obama note the unemployment rate reaches during his term in office?

4. How many jobs lost does the October report released just after Obama’s election to the Presidency note?

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

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