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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Dr. Farber is treating Phil, but whose psychology does this therapist use in dealing with patients?
(a) Sigmund Freud
(b) Carl Jung
(c) Paulo Coehlo
(d) Rollo May

3. What reveals a frightening frenzy in Phil and almost forces them to call off the wedding?
(a) Drugs
(b) Drinking
(c) Disappointment
(d) Women

4. What is the nickname of family friend Eleanor Medill Patterson?
(a) Tissa
(b) Lili
(c) Lovey
(d) Cissy

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

6. What does Agnes do for two months after the birth of Elizabeth in 1914?
(a) Stays at home with her
(b) Runs for office
(c) Travels around Europe
(d) Stays in a mental ward

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

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

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

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

11. Kay also decides to join the _________ club formed by soldiers' wives, many of whmo are pregnant and working.
(a) Mrs. Private
(b) Miss Service
(c) Wife Wagon
(d) Miss Military

12. What position does Phil take in order to learn the newspaper business at the top?
(a) Editor
(b) Printer
(c) Deputy
(d) Publisher

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

14. What do Phil and Kay call their baby, who is causing Kay to be on bedrest to avoid another miscarriage?
(a) Petunia
(b) Sweetness
(c) Cookie
(d) Plum

15. Eugene Meyer is a 32-year-old self-made millionaire _________ and art collector.
(a) Oil man
(b) Boxer
(c) Philanthropist
(d) Broker

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the nickname the children have for their initial caretaker?

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

3. What is the huge country home of the Meyers at Mt. Kisco referred to as?

4. Father shares concerns about the ___________ threat with Kay.

5. At what school does Agnes attend courses during her marriage to Eugene?

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