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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Looking at Donald Trump seated in the oval office with others standing around him, what is Mary reminded of?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her grandfather.
(c) Other presidents.
(d) Her father.

2. Who played soccer with the author and her brother whenever he was in town?
(a) Freddy.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Donald.
(d) Robert.

3. Where did the author and her brother play soccer?
(a) In the backyard.
(b) On the football ground.
(c) In the school.
(d) In the garden.

4. How old was Fred when his father died?
(a) 9.
(b) 10.
(c) 11.
(d) 12.

5. What was the original idea behind the Federal Housing Administration?
(a) Ensuring appropriate planning in construction.
(b) Building luxurious homes for the rich.
(c) Ensuring affordable housing for a growing population.
(d) Providing shelters for the poor.

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

7. What is the significance of the 2017 birthday celebrations for Aunt Maryanne and Aunt Elizabeth?
(a) They take place online.
(b) They take place in the white house.
(c) They take place in Mary's house.
(d) They are cancelled.

8. How did Mary's fortunes change after the marriage?
(a) She had been a live-in help but now she had live-in help.
(b) She became American after being Scottish.
(c) She became affluent whereas she had been middle class.
(d) She came into a large inheritance after her marriage.

9. What new event, according to Mary, makes it impossible to ignore or hide Donald's flaws?
(a) Mary's book.
(b) The media's coverage.
(c) Donald's own declarations.
(d) The pandemic.

10. Who dubbed Donald the 'Great I-Am'?
(a) Maryanne.
(b) Freddy.
(c) Mary.
(d) Robert.

11. What was TWA's response to Freddy's alcoholism?
(a) TWA asked Freddy to resign and retain his license.
(b) TWA gave him a paid holiday.
(c) TWA made him a steward.
(d) TWA fired him.

12. Where did Freddy meet his future wife, Linda Clapp?
(a) In Queens.
(b) In Scotland.
(c) In Nassau in the Bahamas.
(d) In Brooklyn.

13. When did the author's parents get divorced?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1975.

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

15. According to Mary, how does Donald see everything?
(a) In purely financial terms.
(b) In terms of what is good for the country.
(c) In terms of what is good for the Trump family.
(d) In terms of what is good for the world.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who profited from the Swifton Gardens project?

2. According to the author, what was the only purpose to promote Donald?

3. What, according to Mary, is Donald's claim to the presidency?

4. What, according to Mary, is wrong with references to Donald's strategies and agendas?

5. How did Maryanne get money to feed her family?

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