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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the author compare Donald's escape into media channels with?
(a) With a media star.
(b) With a tyrant.
(c) With an incompetent worker.
(d) With a terrified little boy.

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

4. When did the author learn about the real reason why Freddy had not met her before she left for boarding school?
(a) When she spent time with her grandmother in Long Island.
(b) When Maryanne told her.
(c) When Fred told her.
(d) When Donald told her.

5. When was Fred hospitalized?
(a) In 1999.
(b) In 2000.
(c) In 1998.
(d) In 2001.

Short Answer Questions

1. What, according to the author, enabled Donald's business to grow?

2. Why did Donald's editor meet Mary?

3. Why was Fred against projects in Atlantic City?

4. Where was Elizabeth's country house?

5. Who was appointed to manage the author's trust funds?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to the author, what does Donald's ego make him vulnerable to?

2. What did Fred's children set up to avoid taxes on Fred's estate?

3. Who signed the checks for Mary and Fritz's expenses until they turned 30?

4. How were Mary and Fritz threatened when they held up the probate by not signing?

5. When did Mary graduate from Tufts?

6. Who was Donald's new girlfriend in 1998?

7. When was Fred hospitalized?

8. Why did Donald have to meet the bank every Friday and report expenses?

9. What did Donald offer Mary after she graduated from Tufts?

10. Why did Fred and Donald face legal charges in 1973?

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