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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Obama's first year roommate move out?
(a) Her mother wanted her to live closer to the academic buildings.
(b) She was shy.
(c) She transferred.
(d) Her mother was racist and wanted her out of the room.

2. What did one of Obama's distant cousins once ask her when they were talking?
(a) Why she talked like a white girl.
(b) Why she was so short.
(c) Why she was so tall.
(d) Why she dressed like a white girl.

3. What classroom was Obama in at her elementary school?
(a) Obama was placed in a classroom in a grade below her own.
(b) Obama was placed in a classroom for special needs children.
(c) Obama was placed in a classroom for gifted and talented students.
(d) Obama was placed in a classroom for low-performing students.

4. What began happening in Obama's neighborhood when she was a child?
(a) People began moving in en mass.
(b) People began secret community clubs.
(c) People began rioting.
(d) People began moving to suburban areas.

5. Where did Craig go to college?
(a) Princeton University.
(b) Yale University.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) Columbia University.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who taught Obama to play piano?

2. What was the name of the neighborhood girl who did not like Obama?

3. Where did Obama attend elementary school?

4. How was Obama's sophomore roommate different from herself?

5. What was the name of Obama's distant relative in Princeton?

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