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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. What is the title of Part 2, Chapter 13?
(a) "Facing Myself."
(b) "Campaign 2008."
(c) "Thirty."
(d) "Off the Rails."

2. When was the author's Oregon driver's license set to expire, causing him anguish as his thirtieth birthday approached?
(a) Feburary 3, 2011.
(b) February 12, 2012.
(c) May 23, 2010.
(d) September 14, 2011.

3. Who was the executive editor for the Washington Post when the author began his two-year internship there?
(a) Don Graham.
(b) Len Downie.
(c) Craig Walker.
(d) Jim Strand.

4. Over how many Filipino soldiers fought against the Japanese in World War II?
(a) 250,000.
(b) 150,000.
(c) 100,000.
(d) 300,000.

5. What languages did the author speak with his grandparents and uncle at home after he moved in with them?
(a) Japanese or English.
(b) Malay or Spanish.
(c) Tagalog or Sambali.
(d) Spanish or English.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Rich Fischer's wife?

2. How old was Mark Zuckerberg when the author first interviewed him?

3. Approximately how many islands comprise the Philippines?

4. On what date did the author's friend Jake die?

5. 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?

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