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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapters 1 - 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author states in Part 2, Chapter 13 that reading what "felt like shopping at a grocery store for food I'd never tasted and probably could not afford" (107)?
(a) The Washington Post.
(b) The New York Times.
(c) The Chicago Tribune.
(d) The New Yorker.

2. In the coverage that won the author and his team the Pulitzer Prize, his contribution was an interview with a key eyewitness that he reached because he knew how to use what?
(a) Twitter.
(b) Facebook.
(c) MySpace.
(d) YouTube.

3. What is Part 3, Chapter 5 titled?
(a) "Staying."
(b) "Thirty."
(c) "Lawyers."
(d) "Outlaw."

4. Who was the chairman of the Washington Post Company when the author began his two-year internship there?
(a) Craig Walker.
(b) Len Downie.
(c) Jim Strand.
(d) Don Graham.

5. Who is Peter Perl's wife?
(a) Mary Moore.
(b) Cheryl Butler.
(c) Patricia Foote.
(d) Nina Shapiro.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the author first become a Bank of America customer when he opened his only bank account?

2. Who was Karen Willemsen's father-in-law that lived in Portland in 2003?

3. Where did David Hoffman go to lunch with the author after he had written a story about video games being the rock and roll of the war in Iraq?

4. Who does the author refer to as "two of the country's most anti-immigrant senators" in Part 3, Chapter 1 (178)?

5. What was the student newspaper at Mountain View High School when the author was attending?

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