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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Ten percent.
(d) Fifty percent.

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

3. Who does Burnham praise in the speech he wrote for the President?
(a) The people of Banda.
(b) The pasha of Banda.
(c) Banda's recent peacefuland democratic elections.
(d) The President's policies in Banda.

4. Why does Mr. Joslin think that Jerome failed typing?
(a) He believes typing is an extremely difficult class.
(b) He believes Jerome lacks discipline.
(c) He thinks boys just can't type.
(d) He knows there are not enough typewriters available to students.

5. Why does Pym choose Nebraska as a biographical core for his American identity?
(a) Nebraska reminded him of his homeland.
(b) The Nebraska accent.
(c) His superiors had instructed him to use Nebraska for this purpose.
(d) He wasn't familiar with any other states.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the high school building remind Ivy Peniston of?

2. Whose speech does Burnham hear while at college in 1960?

3. How does Ivy get a closer look at Burnham's calendar?

4. Why is Ivy Peniston so upset about Jerome failing typing?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Does Burnham want "Q" clearance?

2. Why has Epstein turned down the job he was originally offered by the President who was then still a Senator?

3. What confuses Burnham about his "Q" status?

4. What does Renfro not have a sense of humor about?

5. Why is there more status in not wearing a White House pass?

6. What is Burnham feeling when he gets home?

7. What sort of gift does Ivy plan to bring Mr. Pym?

8. Who is Sonja?

9. Describe the meeting between Ivy Peniston and Luther Joslin.

10. Describe Ivy's understanding of Pym.

(see the answer keys)

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