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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What threat from his superiors in the Soviet Union prompts Pym to "prowl the perimeters of the White house" ?
(a) The threat of losing Eva.
(b) The threat of being exposed as a spy.
(c) The threat of being sent home.
(d) The threat of losing his business.

2. Why does Pym want to go for a walk with Eva?
(a) He wanted to buy some cigarettes.
(b) To make sure Ivy's cab went the right direction.
(c) For the exercise.
(d) To tell her he was a Soviet spy.

3. Who does Sarah work for?
(a) Ted Kennedy.
(b) Warren Beatty.
(c) Dick Cavett.
(d) Department of Justice.

4. Why will Mr. Joslin not bend the rules for Jerome?
(a) He believes it would be unfair.
(b) He enjoys being cruel to single mothers.
(c) He dosn't like Jerome.
(d) He is afraid he will be caught.

5. How many of the President's writers work for the White House?
(a) Only the Chief Writer.
(b) Only the top five staff writers.
(c) Only the staff reporting writers worked for the White House.
(d) None, technically.

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

7. What makes Burnham decide to take the bus to work instead of a cab?
(a) He enjoyed the people he met on the bus.
(b) The couple asleep in the car had frightened him.
(c) The light changed.
(d) He was running too late to walk.

8. 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 almost crashed Air Force One.
(d) He had repeated something the President had said to him in private.

9. When he meets him at the Mess, what does Cobb have to tell Burnham about?
(a) That the White House had, in fact, bugged his wife's car.
(b) That a mandatory staff meeting was happening that morning.
(c) That he was installing a POTUS phone in Burnham's office that day.
(d) The President requested him to write a toast speech for a dinner.

10. How does Ivy know she has "struck the mother lode" when she enters the office?
(a) Signed photos of the President and Burnham are on the wall.
(b) She sees the shredder.
(c) She can tell by the room number.
(d) She sees a POTUS phone.

11. Who does the fellow who claimed to have an appointment with the President, take his orders from?
(a) Mr. Pym.
(b) His toaster.
(c) The Soviet Union.
(d) The CIA.

12. How does Sarah demonstrate that she is serious about one of them leaving?
(a) She offers to leave if he can take care of the children.
(b) She insists he resign from his job.
(c) She packed one suitcase for him and one suitcase for her.
(d) She dressed in a tweed suit.

13. What is removed from the basement of the West wing in order to make space for Warner Cobb's office?
(a) A wall seperating the hallway from a closet.
(b) A waiting room.
(c) A secretary's office.
(d) Two stalls from the ladies room.

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

15. According to this book, how many workers are on the White House staff?
(a) 50.
(b) 175.
(c) 75.
(d) 314.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pym promise to give Ivy before she leaves?

2. The toaster and the coffee maker in the kitchen are from which foreign countries?

3. Why does Pym blush when Eva asks why he is interested in the prescription?

4. Why is Mr. Pym interested in Ivy?

5. What has Mr. Pym done for Ivy in the past?

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