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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Obama's family like to do to celebrate?
(a) Eat ice cream.
(b) Order pizza from their favorite restaurant.
(c) Drink champagne.
(d) Throw parties.

2. What did Obama not want her girls to grow up thinking?
(a) That life does not start until the man of the house comes home.
(b) That they were privileged.
(c) That they can do whatever they want without consequences.
(d) That they were special.

3. What profession has Michelle Obama never experienced?
(a) First Lady.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) College professor.
(d) Nonprofit director.

4. How did Obama gain the approval of the neighborhood kids?
(a) She gave them money.
(b) She gave them candy.
(c) She started a club.
(d) She started a fight.

5. What was Obama's major in college?
(a) English Literature.
(b) Sociology.
(c) Business.
(d) Political Science.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Obama go over Christmas break?

2. What was the first position Barack asked his wife permission to run for?

3. Where did Craig go to college?

4. Where did Obama live as a child?

5. What illness was Obama's father diagnosed with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Obama's father's prized possession?

2. What program was Obama enlisted into while at Bryn Mawr?

3. How did Obama's job at Sidley & Austin change her life?

4. Why was Dandy such a grumpy person to be around sometimes?

5. What kept Barack from returning to Illinois to vote on a major crime bill?

6. Who was Czerny Brausell?

7. Why did Obama avoid telling her parents about the school trip to Paris?

8. What made Suzanne and Obama so different?

9. What did Obama's college boyfriend want to do after graduation, and what did he end up doing?

10. What was Barack's solution to finish his book in such as short amount of time?

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