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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much money per paycheck is Burnham's pay raise worth?
(a) Forty eight dollars and seventeen cents.
(b) One hundred dollars.
(c) Twenty eight dollars and thirteen cents.
(d) Four hundred and fifty dollars.

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

3. What is stapled to the door of Derry's room?
(a) A poster of Carl Marx.
(b) A poster of Arthur Scargill.
(c) A poster of Che Guevera.
(d) A poster of Lenin.

4. What is "the boom factor" ?
(a) A term only people with "Q" status would understand.
(b) The cost of materials for an atom bomb.
(c) The amount of noise an atom bomb makes when it explodes.
(d) Something Burnham made up.

5. What does Mr. Pym say to Ivy that makes her think he could help her?
(a) "I can forge anything".
(b) "Free enterprise means you are free to help yourself...".
(c) "Sometimes you have to bend the rules to survive".
(d) "Let me know if I can help you with anything".

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ivy Peniston argue that Jerome could graduate despite failing typing?

2. Why will Mr. Joslin not bend the rules for Jerome?

3. Burnham's son, Christopher, is reading the horoscope from which magazine?

4. What has Mr. Pym said he was a collector of that Ivy could get for him in return for his help?

5. What is Burnham's astrological sign?

(see the answer key)

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