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Front Matter and Part One: The Bet

1. How many pages does Obama report anticipating his memoir will take?
(a) 1,250.
(b) 750.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 500.

2. How long does Obama report anticipating composing his memoir will take?
(a) Five years.
(b) Two years.
(c) One year.
(d) Half a year.

3. Which of the following U.S. Presidents does Obama credit with the development of the West Wing?
(a) Calvin Coolidge.
(b) Franklin Roosevelt.
(c) Teddy Roosevelt.
(d) Woodrow Wilson.

4. How long does Obama note that Ed Thomas had worked at the White House?
(a) 40 years.
(b) 30 years.
(c) 40 months.
(d) 30 months.

5. From which of the following does Obama note his grandmother’s nickname comes?
(a) Swahili for “Grandma.”
(b) Hawaiian for “A horn’s sound.”
(c) Hawaiian for “Grandma.”
(d) English for “A horn’s sound.”

6. Obama’s comment that he “was from everywhere and nowhere at once, a combination of ill-fitting parts, like a platypus or some imaginary beast” (9) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Simile.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Allegory.
(d) Conceit.

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