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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do Kay and Phil support in the election year, though her parents do not agree with her?

2. Kay cannot help being a _________ and a guileless tattletale when she is younger.

3. What does the family friend from #25 persuade Father to purchase?

4. Who learns of the purchase of Eugene's publication, though she learns of it secondhand?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kay avoid academic probation after battling with a hated history teacher?

2. What is Philip Graham doing when Kay Meyer first meets him in Washington?

3. Why is it easy for Kay to hide Phil's true condition from her parents?

4. Where does Kay's education begin as she is growing up as a part of the Meyer family?

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

6. What frustrates Kay when she is staying in the town of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, as Phil is sent to Boot Camp?

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

8. What is the state of the Washington Post when Father decides to buy it to rejuvenate it?

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

10. Where do the Meyers spend their summers after spending their winters in Washington?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What's compelling about Kay is that she is never afraid to ask for help from others - Bradlee, Capote, Buffet, etc.

Part 1: Why do you think Kay is keen to get advice from others about various questions in her life?

Part 2: What does it say about Kay that she is willing to listen to others and to their perspectives?

Part 3: Do you think it's a sign of weakness or of strength to ask for help? Why?

Essay Topic 2

The Watergate Scandal rocked the Washington Post when the reporters uncovered the truth about what happened.

Part 1: Why do you think that the scandal was such an important event of its time?

Part 2: How would you rate Kay's effectiveness as a leader during this time at the paper?

Part 3: Why do you think that Kay was so stubborn in the choices she made during this time?

Essay Topic 3

Though Kay has millions of dollars in a trust for her, she tries to live on her husband's salary instead, as she said she would do.

Part 1: Why do you think Kay felt it was important to live on her husband's salary?

Part 2: Would you have used the trust money to support yourself were you in Kay's position? Why or why not?

Part 3: What impact do you think wealth can have on a person? Is it better to shun wealth or to accept it? Why?

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