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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 is becoming NOT about for Obama?

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

3. Why was Obama nervous on November 6, 2012?

4. What did Obama do instead of attending the last inauguration ball of the night in 2009?

5. Who did Obama start another initiative with when she was First Lady?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who did Obama meet in South Africa?

2. What did Obama always strive to do for her girls while in the White House?

3. What happened in Newtown, Connecticut in 2012?

4. What does Obama remember of her husband's victory speech?

5. What is becoming for Obama?

6. What was Donald Trump saying in regard to President Obama just before his reelection?

7. How did Barack's Senate campaign pan out?

8. What did Obama anticipate about taking on the role of First Lady?

9. Why did Obama refrain from attending the Sandy Hook prayer vigil?

10. Why did Obama and her daughter Malia try to escape the White House on their own on June 26, 2015?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Michelle Obama experiences a change in heart in her mid-twenties when she realizes she does not want to be a lawyer. How did she go about making career changes, and how is it effective or not effective?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you analyze the relationship and dynamic between Michelle Obama and her family. What kind of wife and mother did she want to be, and how were these dynamics altered once her family moved into the White House?

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