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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author attribute grandmother Mary's illness, Freddy's death and Donald's emotional dwarfing to?
(a) Mary's self-centeredness.
(b) Fred's indifference.
(c) Donald's rebelliousness.
(d) Fred's toxic positivity.

2. What was the surgical procedure Freddy underwent?
(a) Appendicitis.
(b) The replacement of the damaged valve with a valve from a pig.
(c) Liver transplant.
(d) Heart transplant.

3. Why does the author compare Donald to Andrew Cuomo?
(a) To compare Democratic and Republican leaders.
(b) To bring out the difference in their response to Covid-19.
(c) To compare New York and Washington DC.
(d) To bring out the difference between the two men.

4. Why had Freddy not met Mary when the author was leaving for boarding school?
(a) He was flying.
(b) He was drunk.
(c) He had forgotten that he was to meet her.
(d) He was sick.

5. Who managed Trump Management from 1991?
(a) Maryanne.
(b) Robert.
(c) Donald.
(d) Elizabeth.

6. Where did Freddy live after the surgery?
(a) In the Highlander.
(b) in Sunnyside Towers.
(c) In the House.
(d) In West Palm Beach.

7. How much did Ivana get for her divorce settlement?
(a) $1 million.
(b) $10 million.
(c) $ 5 million.
(d) $20 million.

8. What, according to the author, is Donald incapable of understanding?
(a) People's intrinsic worth.
(b) People's demands.
(c) People's folly.
(d) People's behavior.

9. Where was Maryanne's country house?
(a) In Sparta, NJ.
(b) In Southampton, NY.
(c) In West Palm Beach, FL.
(d) In Millbrook, NY.

10. Whom did Donald ask Mary to talk to for his book?
(a) His wife Maria.
(b) Fred.
(c) His children.
(d) His casino presidents.

11. What did the author understand about the money her father had had?
(a) Nothing.
(b) That he was 1/5 heir.
(c) That he had substantial assets.
(d) That he was penniless.

12. Where was Robert's country house?
(a) In West Palm Beach, FL.
(b) In Sparta, NJ.
(c) In Southampton, NY.
(d) In Millbrook, NY.

13. When did Freddy move to West Palm Beach?
(a) In 1970.
(b) In 1967.
(c) In 1978.
(d) In 1975.

14. Why did Mary want to stop going to Kew-Forest?
(a) She wanted to join the family business.
(b) She wanted to attend a boarding school.
(c) She wanted to help her mother.
(d) She wanted to take care of her father.

15. What was Fred's tactic in managing his children, according to the author?
(a) He turned them against each other.
(b) He supported them.
(c) He spent time with them.
(d) He ignored them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who brought Freddy back to New York?

2. Why was Mary's grandmother's will worse than Fred's?

3. When did Mary graduate from Tufts?

4. Why was Fred against projects in Atlantic City?

5. What was the crisis in business Donald faced in 1991?

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