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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "The Lonely War of a Good Angry Man" addresses what subject?
(a) Abolition
(b) Strip mining
(c) Politics
(d) Civil Rights

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

3. Monticello is the home of which president?
(a) Thomas Jefferson
(b) John Adams
(c) George Washington
(d) James Madison

4. What are "Grim's Garden Spots?"
(a) Storybook shops
(b) Gardening centers
(c) Garden gnomes
(d) Reclaimed mines

5. What shape are the cuts made into the mountainsides in strip mining?
(a) L-shaped
(b) V-shaped
(c) O-shaped
(d) U-shaped

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

7. From which university does Miriam hold an honorary degree?
(a) Oxford
(b) Princeton
(c) Harvard
(d) Duke

8. The early aviators navigate by ____________________ rather than instruments.
(a) weather patterns
(b) gut instinct
(c) astrology
(d) landscape details

9. In what city does David McCullough live and work?
(a) Philadelphia
(b) Washington, D.C.
(c) New York
(d) Boston

10. For what book is Antoine de Saint-Exupery most famous?
(a) The Princess and the Pea
(b) The Little Prince
(c) Prince Valiant
(d) The Prince and the Pauper

11. "Recommended Itinerary" was originally a __________________________.
(a) dissertation
(b) poem
(c) essay
(d) commencement address

12. When did Lindbergh land in Paris?
(a) June 25, 1927
(b) May 21, 1937
(c) May 21, 1927
(d) July 4, 1947

13. What is the timeframe for the subject?
(a) Mid-1820s
(b) Mid-1920s
(c) Mid-1940s
(d) Mid-1960s

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

15. Where is Miriam's home?
(a) Oxford
(b) Paris
(c) Ashton Wold
(d) New York

Short Answer Questions

1. Miriam Rothschild is known for being a _____________.

2. What does Plowden lack to be a newspaper photographer?

3. Where does Richter make a surprise visit to McCullough?

4. Aviation is a common cause destined to ______________________.

5. According to McCullough, who is the last U.S. president to have a sense of history?

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