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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Under which president does Eugene become managing director of the War Finance Corporation?
(a) Richard Nixon
(b) Warren Harding
(c) LBJ
(d) FDR

2. To what school does Kay transfer after not going to the London School of Economics?
(a) University of Maryland
(b) Smith College
(c) Boston University
(d) University of Chicago

3. Kay's _________ celebration is more restrained than most, though she meets a good friend there.
(a) Coming out
(b) Graduation
(c) Engagement
(d) Birthday

4. What college does Kay first attend, learning to survive by bumping into reality?
(a) Harvard
(b) Smith
(c) Vassar
(d) Yale

5. Father shares concerns about the ___________ threat with Kay.
(a) Communist
(b) Nazi
(c) Disease
(d) Media

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Agnes do for two months after the birth of Elizabeth in 1914?

2. Mother finds the women of Washington intellectually _______ but enjoys their luncheon debates.

3. What is the traumatic event that happens to Eugene's brother, Edgar?

4. Who do Kay's friends find most intimidating when they are over at her house?

5. Kay is a part of the press corps who attends _________'s press conference in the Oval Office after Hitler invades Poland.

(see the answer key)

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