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

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

3. Kay also decides to join the _________ club formed by soldiers' wives, many of whmo are pregnant and working.

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kay do with her time when Phil is off at court?

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

3. What happens when Kay ingratiates herself to several key labor figures during a labor dispute she is covering?

4. What does Agnes do four months after the birth of Kay?

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

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

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

8. What do Mother and Phil lock heads over during the years at Glen Welby, where life seems right?

9. What does Father take from the hint of family friend and journalist, Eleanor Medill 'Cissy' Patterson?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the book, Kay talks about the various political leaders her husband and she entertain.

Part 1: Why do you think Kay and Phil felt it was important to meet with important political leaders?

Part 2: Do you think that meeting with political leaders might sway the writing of the Post? Why or why not?

Part 3: How do you feel about these famous political leaders after reading about them in Kay's book?

Essay Topic 2

The gender roles taken on by Kay and Phil in their marriage are clear, even if they are not the general rule in today's society.

Part 1: What gender-specific roles did Kay and Phil take on in their marriage?

Part 2: What might have happened had Kay been the one who took the leadership position at the Post instead of Phil?

Part 3: Why do you think that Kay, in all of her women's rights actions later, was satisfied with just being a stay at home mom?

Essay Topic 3

Kay seems to suffer from tremendous self esteem issues during the story, causing her to often feel as though she were a duck out of water in social gatherings.

Part 1: Why do you think that Kay didn't have much sense of her own self worth?

Part 2: How might Kay's life have been better had she been instilled with more self esteem?

Part 3: Do you think that Kay finally does realize her value in society by the end of the book? Why or why not?

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