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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Mary recall whenever she heard her name or saw Donald's face after he became president?
(a) She recalled her grandfather's cruelty to Freddy.
(b) She recalled her grandfather's cruelty to Donald.
(c) She recalled her grandfather's cruelty to herself.
(d) She recalled her grandfather's cruelty to Maryanne.

2. What had given Fred Trump his early start in his career?
(a) He worked for a real estate agent.
(b) He studied construction in school.
(c) His father Friedrich Trump had left money and property to Fred's mother, Elizabeth.
(d) He learned construction from his mother.

3. How many siblings did grandmother Mary have?
(a) 7.
(b) 9.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

4. How had Friedrich made his money?
(a) From the tourism business.
(b) From the construction business.
(c) From the finance business.
(d) From ownership of restaurants and brothels in British Columbia and in the gold rush in the Yukon territories.

5. What type of figure of speech, according to the author, did Fred often use?
(a) Metaphors.
(b) Euphemisms.
(c) Similes.
(d) Hyperboles.

6. What had Fred Trump's reaction been to Mary's plans of pursuing a college degree?
(a) He had asked her to join his business.
(b) He had remarked that that was nasty.
(c) He had encouraged her.
(d) He had asked her to consult her brother.

7. Who suffered most from Fred Trump's sociopathy?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Donald.
(c) Maryanne.
(d) Mary.

8. What was the title of Peale's best seller?
(a) Self Sufficiency.
(b) The Power of Positive Thinking.
(c) You are Ok, I am Ok.
(d) Self Reliance.

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

10. According to Mary, what is surprising about the publicity Donald has received over 50 years?
(a) There has been very little examination of why he became who he is.
(b) It has changed Donald into a self-assured man.
(c) It did not do justice to the family.
(d) It catapulted him into the presidency.

11. How did Fred respond to Freddy's job as a commercial pilot?
(a) He called him a glorified bus driver.
(b) He said he was mistaken about Freddy.
(c) He applauded him.
(d) He said that his father would be proud.

12. How did Fred start his career in construction?
(a) By building country homes.
(b) By building and selling garages.
(c) By building apartments.
(d) By building commercial buildings.

13. What was Mary told over the phone when she was at school?
(a) To come home.
(b) That her mother would make it.
(c) To listen to her teachers.
(d) To stay at school.

14. Where was Donald sent after the incident at Kew-Forest?
(a) To the University of Pennsylvania.
(b) To Manhattan.
(c) To the New York Military Academy.
(d) To Fordham University.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What operation did Mary undergo in the hospital?

2. What Trump staples are served at dinner?

3. What was Donald's role when, upon graduation, he joined his father?

4. What was Linda's father?

5. What new project was Fred launching in the early 60s?

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