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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 was the name of Obama's paternal grandfather?
(a) Pappy.
(b) Poppy.
(c) Diddy.
(d) Dandy.

2. What was Obama's first job after she quit her job at Sidley?
(a) Assistant to Mayor Daley.
(b) Assistant to Valerie Jarrett.
(c) A college professor.
(d) A college administrator.

3. What kind of program did Obama start while at Princeton?
(a) An exercise program.
(b) A study abroad program.
(c) An after school program for professors' kids.
(d) A computer science program.

4. What happened to Barack's first book deal?
(a) Its sold millions of copies.
(b) It never came to fruition.
(c) He wrote it but never sold it to a publisher.
(d) His book contract was scrapped because he turned in a partial manuscript.

5. What happened to the Buick Electra when Obama's family visited the Stewarts?
(a) Someone broke in and stole personal items.
(b) Someone threw eggs at it.
(c) Someone slashed the tires.
(d) Someone keyed the vehicle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What profession has Michelle Obama never experienced?

2. How did Obama discover the engagement ring?

3. What was the name of the nonprofit Obama worked for briefly?

4. Who was Obama's best friend in high school?

5. What was Barack's grandmother's name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the good news and bad news that the Obamas came back to after their honeymoon?

2. What did Suzanne reveal to Obama when they were in their mid-twenties?

3. Who was Czerny Brausell?

4. What was the Third World Center?

5. Who were Barack Obama's parents?

6. What happened when Obama talked to a group of neighborhood girls while at her grandparents' house?

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

8. What happened at Obama's first piano recital?

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

10. What was Project VOTE!

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