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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Burnham say to Sarah about his reason for writing for the President?
(a) That he does it for the money.
(b) He does it for the power.
(c) He couldn't get another job.
(d) That he agrees with the President.

2. Whose speech does Burnham hear while at college in 1960?
(a) Fidel Castro.
(b) Mao Tse-tung.
(c) McGeorge Bundy.
(d) Che Guevera.

3. What sort of whale oil is an effective lubricant for the trigger devices of a hydrogen bomb?
(a) Blue whale oil.
(b) Killer whale oil.
(c) Orcha whale oil.
(d) Sperm whale oil.

4. Burnham's wife, Sarah, says that Derry's pubescent radicalism was due to what?
(a) A healthy superego.
(b) Sarah's lack of time to spend with Derry.
(c) Her disdain of rock stars.
(d) Burnham's decision to work for the President.

5. Why is Ivy Peniston so upset about Jerome failing typing?
(a) She thiks he may be dealing drugs.
(b) She believes her son is lazy.
(c) He will not graduate in time to get a job he has been offered.
(d) She understands that typing is a very important subject.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mr. Joslin think Ivy Peniston would want to go back to Bermuda?

2. What is Burnham working on as the story opens?

3. What is Mr Renfro's last comment to Burnham?

4. What is stapled to the door of Derry's room?

5. How many of the President's writers work for the White House?

(see the answer key)

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