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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was captured and killed in 2011?
(a) No one was captured and killed.
(b) Sunny Obama.
(c) Barack Obama.
(d) Osama bin Laden.

2. What did Obama make her husband promise to do if he did not win the Senate position?
(a) Get a haircut.
(b) Quit politics.
(c) Move to Hawaii.
(d) Have another child.

3. What did Obama receive daily messages about from friends and strangers alike?
(a) Her dogs.
(b) Her health.
(c) Her family's safety.
(d) Her husband's health.

4. Who did Obama try to visit as often as she could?
(a) Santita Jackson.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Czerny.
(d) Military families and service members.

5. What was Obama's main concern after her husband became president?
(a) Making sure she was always camera ready.
(b) Making sure the girls settled well into their new life.
(c) Making sure her husband did his job well.
(d) Making sure the White House residence was fancy.

6. When did the Obamas leave the White House for the final time?
(a) January 2018.
(b) January 2016.
(c) January 2017.
(d) January 2019.

7. Where did the Obamas watch the 2008 election result?
(a) From their home.
(b) From Cambridge, MA.
(c) From the White House.
(d) From a hotel in Chicago.

8. Who did Obama meet at Buckingham Palace while her husband was President?
(a) Ringo Starr.
(b) Paul McCartney.
(c) The Queen of England.
(d) Elton John.

9. What was the result of the campaigning in Iowa?
(a) Barack divorced his wife.
(b) Barack dropped out of the running.
(c) Barack won Iowa.
(d) Barack lost Iowa.

10. What was the response to Barack's keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention?
(a) Nobody cared.
(b) Largely positive.
(c) Somewhere in between.
(d) Largely negative.

11. What did Obama struggle to find for the girls ahead of Barack's presidential campaign announcement?
(a) Hats.
(b) Shoes.
(c) Gloves.
(d) Scarves.

12. What did Obama realize about her husband when he first arrived in D.C. after being elected president?
(a) He needed a haircut.
(b) He was the most heavily guarded person on earth.
(c) He was not equipped for the job.
(d) He was out of shape.

13. Where in Africa did Obama visit with her girls and brother?
(a) Ethiopia.
(b) South Africa.
(c) Ghana.
(d) Somalia.

14. Why did Barack refrain from esorting his girls to their new school?
(a) He did not care to escort them.
(b) He was too busy being President.
(c) His motorcade would cause too much commotion.
(d) He was not feeling well.

15. What does Obama believe about children?
(a) They are inherently cynical.
(b) They are not worth investing in.
(c) They all like cake.
(d) They are inherently uncynical.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Obama think about politics?

2. Who signed on to be Barack's finance chair for his U.S. Senate campaign?

3. Who did Obama hear was thinking about running for president in 2012?

4. Where are there portraits of the Obamas?

5. What did Barack leave in the Oval Office?

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