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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: Chapters 3 (contd); Part Two: The Wrong side of the Tracks. Chapter 4-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Fred normally ask when Mary's health worsened?
(a) Whether he should take the children away.
(b) Whether she needed to go to the hospital.
(c) Whether she needed to see the doctor.
(d) "Everything's great. Right, Toots?"

2. 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 silent out of loyalty or fear.
(b) Others Trumps are indifferent.
(c) Other Trumps are part of the government.
(d) Others Trumps are not good story tellers.

3. What was the favorite haunt the author and her brother spent time in in the House during their weekends when they were not with Freddy?
(a) The attic.
(b) The study.
(c) The library.
(d) The basement.

4. What did Mary see one night when she was woken up by Freddy's laughter?
(a) A fire.
(b) Freddy pointing a gun at her mother.
(c) A plane.
(d) A python.

5. Who was Norman Vincent Peale?
(a) A real estate tycoon.
(b) Fred's partner.
(c) Donald's partner.
(d) The pastor of Marble Collegiate Church.

Short Answer Questions

1. What fiction does Mary say Donald has to perpetuate?

2. How was Fred different from his wife, Mary?

3. Who was Donald's first wife?

4. Whom did Freddy seem to resemble?

5. Why did Mary travel to the United States?

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