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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kay does not join the ____________ party, choosing to remain the good girl, even though many of her friends have joined.
(a) Communist
(b) Fascist
(c) Republican
(d) Democratic

2. What does the family friend from #25 persuade Father to purchase?
(a) People Magazine
(b) Time-Herald
(c) The Washington Post
(d) Time Magazine

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Who learns of the purchase of Eugene's publication, though she learns of it secondhand?
(a) Kay
(b) Ruth
(c) Flo
(d) Agnes

11. What is the traumatic event that happens to Eugene's brother, Edgar?
(a) He drowns in his bath tub
(b) Perishes on Titanic
(c) He is murdered
(d) Commits suicide

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

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

14. Who do Kay's friends find most intimidating when they are over at her house?
(a) Ruth
(b) Elizabeth
(c) Kay
(d) Mother

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many pages has the purchased publication shrunk to when Eugene buys it?

3. Who quickly leaves to go to Harvard and joins Newsweek's European staff?

4. What reveals a frightening frenzy in Phil and almost forces them to call off the wedding?

5. What is the one department which is not equaled or passed by the Post in relation to the Star?

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