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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Education and the Dream of Success.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word did Johnson's mother often scrawl on the outside of letters to her son?
(a) Love.
(b) Ambition.
(c) Mizpah.
(d) Discipline.

2. How did Johnson get the job with the criminal lawyer in the mid-1920s?
(a) Newspaper ad.
(b) His mother and the lawyer were cousins.
(c) Met the lawyer while having coffee.
(d) Personal reference from a friend.

3. What did Johnson's grandfather unlock with a gold key in his study?
(a) Safe.
(b) Drawer full of candy sticks.
(c) Fire box.
(d) Closet door.

4. Where did Johnson go in a Model-T after graduating high school?
(a) California.
(b) New Jersey.
(c) New York City.
(d) Wisconsin.

5. How is Sam Johnson described?
(a) Big and burly.
(b) Small.
(c) Thin.
(d) Sickly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Johnson's first job when he was a freshman in college?

2. Who was Carol Davis?

3. What did Johnson have in his suitcase which was tied with baling wire in 1924?

4. What did Rebekah Baines pride herself on?

5. What student organization was Johnson elected to be a member of in college?

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