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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. Where was Obama living while working at Sidley and Austin?

2. What was the name of the space on Princeton campus designed to support people of color?

3. What was the name of Obama's paternal grandmother?

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

5. On what day in 1998 was Malia Obama born?

Short Essay Questions

1. What started happening to Obama's neighborhood when she was a child?

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

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

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

5. Why was it so easy for Obama to find the middle C key on Robbie's piano?

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

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

8. How did Obama experience her first kiss?

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

10. What was the Third World Center?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you analyze Obama's affinity to working with and focusing on children and children's needs while in the White House. Why was Obama so adamant about helping and encouraging children around the world, and in what ways did she help and encourage children while she was First Lady?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you discuss the significance of the White House garden that Obama planted during her husband's first term. Why was it so important to Obama to plant this garden, and in what ways did its existence prove to be beneficial? Be sure to use specific evidence from the text.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you explore Michelle Obama's upbringing. What kinds of values did her parents instill in her, and in what ways did she abide by or challenge them throughout her life?

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