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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. How has the public responded to this normalization of transgressions, according to Mary?
(a) They have accepted it.
(b) They have protested against it.
(c) They have become almost numb.
(d) They have forgiven it.

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

3. When was the Federal Housing Administration founded and by whom?
(a) In 1936 by the government.
(b) In 1939 by FDR.
(c) In 1940 by the government.
(d) In 1934 by President FDR.

4. When and where was Mary born?
(a) In 1885, in New York.
(b) In 1920, in Boston.
(c) In 1912, in Tong, a village off the coast of Scotland.
(d) In 1916, in England.

5. What, according to the author, were the Trump children's greatest fears when they needed parental love?
(a) They were afraid of being sent to a boarding school.
(b) They were afraid of being humiliated.
(c) They were afraid of being punished.
(d) They were afraid of being reprimanded.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary mean when she says Donald has been "institutionalized" (13)?

2. Looking at Donald Trump seated in the oval office with others standing around him, what is Mary reminded of?

3. How many siblings did grandmother Mary have?

4. What did Mary recall whenever she heard her name or saw Donald's face after he became president?

5. Why did Freddy alone originally receive Fred's attention?

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