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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Kay takes a great part in ______________ when not attending to Phil and to his recovery.
(a) The newspaper
(b) Her father's care
(c) Social causes
(d) The work of her mother

4. What is the job that Truman offers to Father, an offer Father cannot refuse?
(a) Secretary of State
(b) Secretary of Commerce
(c) President of WorldBank
(d) Personal assistant

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What college does Kay first attend, learning to survive by bumping into reality?

2. To where do Agnes and Eugene finally move their children to live?

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

4. What city does Kay find to be a vibrant, youthful city, swept clean of stodginess?

5. The presence of Mattie Jeffres retards Kay's learning of basic _____________ skills.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Father arrange for Kay when she goes to San Francisco to meet with family?

2. What is Kay surprised about when she drives to Florida to see Phil's family?

3. What does Agnes consider to be a part of the contract of marriage in terms of duties?

4. Why is Philip Graham's father not keen about the idea of Kay and Phil getting married?

5. What does Father think about Kay's admission to the London School of Economics?

6. Why does Kay not agree with Phil's choice to back Bradlee's crusade to desegregate swimming pools in Washington?

7. What is the offer that Kay accepts from the Washington Post as she continues to keep company with her father?

8. Whom do Eugene and Agnes hire during the course of their around-the-world honeymoon?

9. What does Time declare about the Washington Post in 1941 as its circulation begins to grow?

10. What does Mother think of the women that she meets when she is living in Washington with Eugene?

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