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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About which president is McCullough writing a biography at this time?
(a) Harry S. Truman
(b) John Adams
(c) Thomas Jefferson
(d) Abraham Lincoln

2. To what artist is Plowden's photography compared?
(a) Claude Monet
(b) Wassily Kandinsky
(c) Pablo Picasso
(d) Edward Hopper

3. What is the book written by the answer to #126 which is compared to Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath?
(a) My Old Kentucky Home
(b) Horses, Highways and Hollers
(c) Night Comes to the Cumberlands
(d) Bluegrass Memories

4. With what is Miriam the most passionate about in nature?
(a) Ladybugs
(b) Trees
(c) Wildflowers
(d) Mountains

5. What is the name of the building where presidential guests are housed?
(a) Blair House
(b) The Four Seasons
(c) White House Annex
(d) Georgetown Inn

6. Which of the following does Plowden not arrive in time to photograph before its demise?
(a) The Flamingo Hotel
(b) The Hoboken Ferry
(c) The SS Algosooo
(d) The Scranton Railroad Station

7. Where does Richter make a surprise visit to McCullough?
(a) Nantucket
(b) Martha's Vineyard
(c) Cumberland Island
(d) Jekyll Island

8. Miriam Rothschild is known for being a _____________.
(a) naturalist
(b) comic
(c) professor
(d) singer

9. Which Civil War battle accounts for the bloodiest day in American history?
(a) Vicksburg
(b) Antietam
(c) Gettysburg
(d) Bull Run

10. What is Conrad Richter's relationship to David McCullough?
(a) Friend
(b) Golf partner
(c) Editor
(d) Brother-in-law

11. Who is the aviator who disappears in the Marianas?
(a) Beryl Markham
(b) Amelia Earhart
(c) Nevil Norway
(d) Antoine de Saint-Exupery

12. What religious affiliation do the Rothschilds have?
(a) Baptist
(b) Episcopalian
(c) Catholic
(d) Jewish

13. In addition to aviation, at what other skill do the aviators excel?
(a) Finance
(b) Writing
(c) Engineering
(d) Art

14. With what part or the country is Plowden enamored?
(a) Northwest
(b) Southeast
(c) Midwest
(d) New England

15. In strip mining, how many acres are disturbed for every acre mined?
(a) 7
(b) 5
(c) 3
(d) 1

Short Answer Questions

1. What number is the end mark in journalistic pieces as well as the day of the month that Richter died?

2. What shape is the Octagon House?

3. What is David Plowden's profession?

4. Where does Richter do most of his writing?

5. Who does the United States displace as the center of world power during this period?

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