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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. What does Kay write for the first year at her father's newspaper?

2. ___________ is a difficult baby and Kay has to lean on her three-year-old, Lally, for assistance.

3. Bob Elliott invites Kay to be his __________ on two labor confrontations.

4. What is the job that Truman offers to Father, an offer Father cannot refuse?

5. Who is continuously on call to talk with Phil as he recuperates from his breakdown?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does Phil denounce the efforts of the Teamsters to unionize the Post's circulation?

6. What kind of man is John Sweeterman, who is brought in as a Post business manager?

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

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

9. How is Father's crusade to improve the Washington Post aided during his leadership of the paper?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Once Phil commits suicide, Kay's life seems to change drastically. Not only is she a widow, but she is also placed into a position of power.

Part 1: Do you think that Phil's suicide may have been one of the best things to happen to Kay? Why or why not?

Part 2: Had Phil continued on, what might have happened to their marriage and to Kay?

Part 3: Why do you think that Kay instantly dove into the role of the leader of the Post?

Essay Topic 2

Kay's love life seems to become less and less of a concern once her husband has died and she begins leading the newspaper.

Part 1: Kay notes that she is married to her job once Phil dies. What does this mean?

Part 2: Do you think that Kay even had time for romantic relationships?

Part 3: What might have happened had Kay gotten married again? Would she have been the same sort of wife she was to Phil?

Essay Topic 3

In writing a memoir, Kay is faced with the events of her life and realizes she could have handled things much differently than she did.

Part 1: Why do you think that Kay decided to write the memoir in the first place?

Part 2: Do you think that anyone ever lives a life without any regrets? Why or why not?

Part 3: What regrets do you have and how have you managed to deal with the feeling of regret?

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