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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Linda's father?
(a) A truck driver.
(b) A pilot.
(c) A steward.
(d) A teacher.

2. How did Fred receive Donald's and Robert's appeal for emotional comfort?
(a) With consideration.
(b) With indifference.
(c) With warmth and love.
(d) With irritation and contempt.

3. What did Donald say to Freddy when he and Robert visited him?
(a) Donald said he was going to help Fred.
(b) Donald asked Freddy if he could help him.
(c) Donald asked Freddy to return to Brooklyn.
(d) Donald said Fred was proud of Freddy's success.

4. What were Freddy's plans after his training at the ROTC?
(a) To start working for the US Air Force.
(b) To join his father's business.
(c) To start a new flying club.
(d) To start working for commercial airlines.

5. Where did Donald live later in Manhattan?
(a) On Park Avenue.
(b) In a triplex penthouse in Trump Tower.
(c) On 5th Avenue.
(d) On Madison Avenue.

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

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

8. What does Mary mean when she says Donald has been "institutionalized" (13)?
(a) Donald does not have to take responsibility for his actions and is in self-denial.
(b) Institutions believe Donald has a critical role to play.
(c) Donald joins an institution.
(d) Donald is hospitalized.

9. What fiction does Mary say Donald has to perpetuate?
(a) The fiction that he is an affectionate father.
(b) The fiction that he is strong, smart and extraordinary.
(c) The fiction that he is a fond grandson.
(d) The fiction that he is a caring uncle.

10. Where did Fred grow up?
(a) In Beach Port.
(b) In Woodhaven, Queens.
(c) In Shore Haven.
(d) In Bridge Haven.

11. What was Donald's role when, upon graduation, he joined his father?
(a) He was made an apprentice.
(b) He was asked to start a new project.
(c) He was given the job of recovering money from failed projects.
(d) He was made vice president of several companies.

12. When did Freddy get hospitalized for lobal penumonia?
(a) 1965 New Year's eve.
(b) 1967 New Year's eve.
(c) 1960 New Year's eve.
(d) 1966 New Year's eve.

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

14. What, according to Mary, is the "fragile and inadequate barrier" between Donald and the real world (17)?
(a) His ego.
(b) The family.
(c) Real estate.
(d) The White House.

15. Whom did Freddy seem to resemble?
(a) His aunt Maryanne.
(b) His grandfather.
(c) His father.
(d) His uncle John.

Short Answer Questions

1. When she says the "events of the last three years have forced her hand," which three years is Mary referring to (16)?

2. Why did Freddy join the U.S. Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corp?

3. When and where was Mary born?

4. Where did Freddy meet his future wife, Linda Clapp?

5. What incident does the author narrate to show how Donald got away with his bad behavior at home?

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