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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 basement.
(d) The library.

2. What operation did Mary undergo in the hospital?
(a) Kidney stone removal.
(b) An appendicitis.
(c) Caesarian.
(d) A hysterctomy.

3. What is Mary Trump's training?
(a) She is a political advisor.
(b) She is a clinical psychologist.
(c) She is a musician.
(d) She is a physician.

4. How was Shore Haven funded?
(a) Local politicians pooled the money.
(b) Through government schemes.
(c) Fred received $9 million directly from the FHA.
(d) Through loans

5. Who were affected most by grandmother Mary's hospitalizations and inability to care for her children emotionally?
(a) Donald and Richard.
(b) Maryanne and Freddy.
(c) Elizabeth and Donald.
(d) Maryanne and Elizabeth.

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

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

8. Where did Freddy live after the divorce?
(a) In the Highlander.
(b) In Sunnyside Towers.
(c) in Shore Haven.
(d) In Long Island.

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

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

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

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

13. When were Fred and Mary married?
(a) 1937.
(b) 1936.
(c) 1938.
(d) 1939.

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

15. What, according to the author, is important for infants and toddlers?
(a) Siblings.
(b) The outdoors.
(c) An emotionally available parent.
(d) Christmas gifts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the health issue Mary faced after the operation?

2. What, according to Mary, is the "fragile and inadequate barrier" between Donald and the real world (17)?

3. How did Fred start his career in construction?

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

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

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