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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the job that Truman offers to Father, an offer Father cannot refuse?
(a) President of WorldBank
(b) Personal assistant
(c) Secretary of State
(d) Secretary of Commerce

2. Who is the dominant influence in the lives of Phil and Kay, reveling in gossip, arguments, and irreverence?
(a) Frankfurther
(b) Cissy
(c) Father
(d) Frick

3. Who do Kay and Phil support in the election year, though her parents do not agree with her?
(a) FDR
(b) Eisenhower
(c) Nixon
(d) LBJ

4. Margaret Ellen Powell is hired by the Meyerses in order to raise the ________ children they will eventually have.
(a) Five
(b) Three
(c) Four
(d) Two

5. Mother finds the women of Washington intellectually _______ but enjoys their luncheon debates.
(a) Dull
(b) Superior
(c) Reprehensible
(d) Backward

Short Answer Questions

1. Under which president does Eugene become managing director of the War Finance Corporation?

2. What is the newspaper that the Post buys in order to help strengthen the company?

3. Kay also decides to join the _________ club formed by soldiers' wives, many of whmo are pregnant and working.

4. What does the family friend from #25 persuade Father to purchase?

5. Where do Phil and Kay sail off to for their honeymoon trip after the wedding?

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