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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the TWC's son?

2. What was the name of Obama's first year roommate who moved out?

3. What happened to the Buick Electra when Obama's family visited the Stewarts?

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

5. What did Obama's great aunt do for a living?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why did one of Obama's first year roommates move out of their room?

5. What did Obama and Craig get into a fight over the day after their father's death?

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

7. What is the name of the Obama's first child, and when was she born?

8. What happened after Obama got pregnant for the first time?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay defining support from Michelle Obama's perspective. What does it mean to be supportive and who are the people in Obama's life who have taught her this?

Essay Topic 2

Throughout her husband's presidential campaign and even throughout his eight-year-long presidency, Michelle Obama faced criticism on all fronts from the media and the public. How did Michelle contend with the constant pressure while in the public eye, and in what ways were her methods successful or unsuccessful?

Essay Topic 3

Michelle Obama writes that she is extremely grateful to her parents for the way that they raised her. What about her parent's parenting methods helped to shape her as a person, and did they influence her own methods as a mother? If so, how?

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