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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. According to this book, what is the unemployment rate for black males in Washington DC at the time?
(a) Fifty percent.
(b) Twenty two percent.
(c) Ten percent.
(d) Fifteen percent.

3. After he confronts Epstein in the Mess, why does Burnham feel terrific?
(a) He had become an actor instead of a reactor.
(b) He was honored to be writing the speech for the President.
(c) He felt well taken care of by Cobb.
(d) He was starting to feel better about his personal problems.

4. What had Light Colonel Clip Dixon done to get demoted?
(a) He had shown up for work drunk.
(b) His flights were consistantly behind schedule.
(c) He had repeated something the President had said to him in private.
(d) He had almost crashed Air Force One.

5. What is Burnham working on as the story opens?
(a) A college reference letter.
(b) A National Day of Prayer Proclamation.
(c) An official letter of congratulations.
(d) The President's Inaugural Speech.

Short Answer Questions

1. What threat from his superiors in the Soviet Union prompts Pym to "prowl the perimeters of the White house" ?

2. How does Sarah demonstrate that she is serious about one of them leaving?

3. What does Burnham want Mr. Renfro to explain?

4. What is removed from the basement of the West wing in order to make space for Warner Cobb's office?

5. Who does Burnham praise in the speech he wrote for the President?

(see the answer key)

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