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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: The Cruelty is the Point, Chapters 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What funding backed the Virginia Beach project that Fred took up?
(a) Friedrich's money.
(b) The Federal Housing Administration.
(c) Fred's own hard-earned money.
(d) Mary's inheritance.

2. How did Elizabeth help during Mary's hospitalizations?
(a) She gave the children their meals.
(b) She gave the children love and attention.
(c) She gave the children her house to play in.
(d) She gave the children gifts.

3. When did Mary's father die?
(a) Age 40.
(b) Age 30.
(c) Age 34.
(d) Age 42.

4. Why does Mary say she is the only Trump willing to tell the story of the most visible and powerful family?
(a) Other Trumps are part of the government.
(b) Others Trumps are indifferent.
(c) Other Trumps are silent out of loyalty or fear.
(d) Others Trumps are not good story tellers.

5. What were some of Mary's underlying problems that were discovered at the hospital?
(a) She had a rare disease.
(b) She was anemic.
(c) She was a heart patient.
(d) She had serious postpartum complications.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Norman Vincent Peale?

2. What new event, according to Mary, makes it impossible to ignore or hide Donald's flaws?

3. What type of figure of speech, according to the author, did Fred often use?

4. Who stands up to thank Donald for the birthday celebrations?

5. What was the title of Peale's best seller?

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