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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kay is upset with Phil using the paper to help promote the desegregation of ________________ in Washington.
(a) Drinking fountains
(b) Restaurants
(c) Houses
(d) Swimming pools

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

3. Kay admits to being shyer and less confident, being fearful of _____________.
(a) Boring others
(b) Crowds
(c) Her husband
(d) Heights

4. Kay cannot help being a _________ and a guileless tattletale when she is younger.
(a) Willful child
(b) Goody two shoes
(c) Daddy's little girl
(d) Brat

5. What is the temporary situation of Agnes' that lasts four years instead of the short time expected?
(a) Agnes stays home with her children.
(b) Agnes goes to Washington
(c) Agnes lives with her guru
(d) Agnes moves to Italy

6. Who is continuously on call to talk with Phil as he recuperates from his breakdown?
(a) Cissy
(b) Kay
(c) Flo
(d) Eugene

7. What does Father want the publication to become under his guidance and time in a leadership position?
(a) Bipartisan
(b) Partisan
(c) Better looking
(d) Nonpartisan

8. Kay is a part of the press corps who attends _________'s press conference in the Oval Office after Hitler invades Poland.
(a) FDR
(b) Eisenhower
(c) Kennedy
(d) LBJ

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

10. The ____________, unlike Father, cannot subsidize the losses of the paper and are fortunate the CBS radio operation is profitable.
(a) Grahams
(b) Meyers
(c) Bradlees
(d) McCarthys

11. What kind of man does Eugene sign up to be in Washington, serving on the War Industries Board?
(a) Yes man
(b) All the answers man
(c) Dollar a year man
(d) Congressman

12. What is the major that Kay eventually declares when she is at college?
(a) English
(b) Philosophy
(c) Journalism
(d) American History

13. What is the nickname of the daughter, Elizabeth, who is born in 1914?
(a) Lili
(b) Bis
(c) Liz
(d) Bethie

14. Phili is also the co-editor of the prestigious ____________ at his university.
(a) Boston Law Review
(b) Harvard Law Review
(c) Crimson Tide
(d) Yale Law Review

15. ____________ can still function when he needs to, through correspondence, memos, and telephone.
(a) Phil
(b) Don
(c) Eugene
(d) Ben

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kay decline to join as they only invite her reluctantly because of her half-Jewish background?

2. ___________ wants to read all of Kay's copy after she has written it.

3. What do Phil and Kay call their baby, who is causing Kay to be on bedrest to avoid another miscarriage?

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

5. To where does Phil transfer when he finds the Office of Strategic Services too political?

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