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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how long is Phil in seclusion after his breakdown during his time at the Post?
(a) A year
(b) A month
(c) A summer
(d) A week

2. What name does Kay drop in order to get in to tour the plant where the union struggle is taking place?
(a) Her mother
(b) The Post
(c) Cissy
(d) Her school

3. Polly Wisner hosts a _____________ party in order to bolster the esteem and the recognition of Kay.
(a) Hats off to Kay
(b) Kay - This is Your Life
(c) Here's Kay
(d) Salute to Kay Graham

4. Father decides that he will apply his business sense to the publication as he has no experience in ___________.
(a) Design
(b) Finances
(c) Journalism
(d) Marketing

5. What does Phil's father want him to help him with instead of doing anything else?
(a) The family bank
(b) The family trading company
(c) The local high school
(d) His farm

6. ___________ wants to read all of Kay's copy after she has written it.
(a) Flo
(b) Mother
(c) Cissy
(d) Father

7. President Truman's _____________ Emergency Committee is based on Father's suggestion.
(a) Terrorism
(b) Famine
(c) War
(d) Health

8. Kay battles with a hated __________ teacher about a paper on the position of women in the Middle Ages.
(a) Literature
(b) Anthropology
(c) English
(d) History

9. What does Phil most enjoy about the military and its boot camp?
(a) Ineptitude
(b) Camaraderie
(c) Sadism
(d) Foul language

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

11. To where does Phil transfer when he finds the Office of Strategic Services too political?
(a) Navy
(b) Marines
(c) Peace Corps
(d) Air corps

12. What is the first name of the woman that Eugene decided to marry two years after meeting her?
(a) Agnes
(b) Kay
(c) Katharine
(d) Maria

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

14. What is the religious background of Kay's father's side of the family?
(a) Jewish
(b) Catholic
(c) Protestant
(d) Baptist

15. What is the place where the Grahams and their families like to spend time relaxing?
(a) Glen Allen
(b) Glen Welby
(c) Glen Ellen
(d) Glen Murderos

Short Answer Questions

1. Kay admits to being shyer and less confident, being fearful of _____________.

2. Who is Kay's attendant at her wedding to Phil at Mt. Kisco?

3. The _______________ raises a furor over Kay working without pay at the Mount Vernon Argus.

4. Philip Graham is first ________ for Supreme Court Justice Stanley Reed and in line for a job with Frankfurter.

5. Phili is also the co-editor of the prestigious ____________ at his university.

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