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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 9, what does Windrip's wife do back home?
(a) Raise spinach and chickens.
(b) Help widows and orphans.
(c) Tend the children.
(d) Work in soup kitchens.

2. In Chapter 5, from where does Prang broadcast his show?
(a) Minnesota.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Iowa.
(d) Indiana.

3. In Chapter 11, how many Communist parties have candidates?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 7.

4. In Chapter 16, where is a press conference held that Doremus attends?
(a) Hanover.
(b) Washington, D.C.
(c) Montpelier.
(d) Boston.

5. In Chapter 11, how old is Aras Dilley?
(a) 41.
(b) 38.
(c) 50.
(d) 34.

6. In Chapter 16, who is the man that Doremus remembers sewed up victims in wet rawhide and watched it shrink in the sun?
(a) Sir Thomas Modyford.
(b) Sir Martin Andrews.
(c) Sir Francis Drake.
(d) Sir Henry Morgan.

7. In Chapter 1, how long has it been since the depression began in 1929?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 6 years.
(c) 8 years.
(d) 7 years.

8. In Chapter 5, how long have Doremus and Emma had separate bedrooms?
(a) 17 years.
(b) 12 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 15 years.

9. In Chapter 5, what rank was James Buck Titus in the war?
(a) Colonel.
(b) Private.
(c) Sergeant.
(d) Lieutenant.

10. In Chapter 17, what is the enrollment of the Minute Men by June?
(a) 418,000.
(b) 609,000.
(c) 311,000.
(d) 562,000.

11. In Chapter 8, how much money will Windrip allow an individual to amass in an accumulated fortune?
(a) $3,000,000.
(b) $10,000,000.
(c) $9,000,000.
(d) $2,000,000.

12. In Chapter 19, what time is Doremus taken to see a judge?
(a) Dawn.
(b) Dusk.
(c) Just after midnight.
(d) 2 a.m.

13. How many domino sets did Mrs. Gimmitch send American soldiers during the Great War?
(a) 12,000.
(b) 5,000.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 9,000.

14. At the end of Chapter 1, who invited some of the gentlemen for an after-party?
(a) Louis Rotenstern.
(b) Frank Tasbrough.
(c) Medary Cole.
(d) Doremus Jessup.

15. Where is Webster R. Skittle, who becomes Secretary of the Treasury, from?
(a) Denver.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) St. Louis.
(d) Chicago.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 14, what church does Doremus's wife and children belong to?

2. In Chapter 8, how much money does Windrip want to be sure every family will have a year?

3. At the end of Chapter 3, what is the name of Doremus's family dog?

4. In Chapter 15, what position is Mrs. Adelaid Tarr Gimmitch offered?

5. What is the date of the surveyor's map of Fort Beulah Township that hangs on the wall in Doremus's office?

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