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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Kay begins to write the __________ section of the Sunday Post while Phil is busy at work.
(a) Brains
(b) Society
(c) Entertainment
(d) Sports

3. How many pages has the purchased publication shrunk to when Eugene buys it?
(a) 100
(b) 50
(c) 18
(d) 20

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Phil most enjoy about the military and its boot camp?

3. Kay decides to roll bandages for the ____________ as she is bored with typing and shorthand classes.

4. What is the job that Truman offers to Father, an offer Father cannot refuse?

5. Who learns of the purchase of Eugene's publication, though she learns of it secondhand?

(see the answer key)

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