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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does Obama select as Secretary of Health and Human Services?
(a) Jeanne Lambrew.
(b) Nancy-Ann DeParle.
(c) Kathleen Sebelius.
(d) Laura Klitzka.

2. The acronym COIN carries which of the following meanings in the memoir?
(a) Co-occurring incidental needs.
(b) Counterintelligence.
(c) Counterinsurgency.
(d) Company ordinance, inter-agency necessity.

3. Approximately how many people in Philadelphia does Obama note died to the Spanish flu?
(a) 18,000.
(b) 16,000.
(c) 12,000.
(d) 14,000.

4. How many detainees does Obama note were held at Guantánamo Bay when he took office?
(a) 242.
(b) 342.
(c) 42.
(d) 142.

5. On what day is the well at the bottom of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill capped?
(a) 14 July.
(b) 15 July.
(c) 13 July.
(d) 12 July.

6. Obama’s musing, “‘You’re like the guy in the circus,’ Michelle told me once, ‘just spinning plates at the end of a stick’” (565) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Litotes.
(b) Simile.
(c) Euphemism.
(d) Allegory.

7. How many Senators vote to ratify Obama’s nuclear arms reduction treaty?
(a) 71.
(b) 60.
(c) 26.
(d) 67.

8. Which of the following is included among Bush’s “axis of evil”?
(a) Yemen.
(b) Kuwait.
(c) Bahrain.
(d) Iraq.

9. Which of the following serves as Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard?
(a) Janet Napolitano.
(b) Ken Salazar.
(c) Mike Mullen.
(d) Thad Allen.

10. How many countries does Obama note participate in the UN?
(a) 195.
(b) 193.
(c) 254.
(d) 222.

11. By how many votes does the Affordable Care Act pass the House of Representatives?
(a) 7.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.

12. Which of the following does Obama note performing in Michelle’s American music series?
(a) Selena Quintanilla.
(b) Ariana Grande.
(c) Cardi B.
(d) Jennifer Lopez.

13. To which of the following does Obama note traveling in the five days following his first G20 summit?
(a) Vaduz, Liechtenstein.
(b) Strasbourg, France.
(c) Barcelona, Spain.
(d) Turin, Italy.

14. To which of the following does Obama note traveling in the five days following his first G20 summit?
(a) Ostrava, Czech Republic.
(b) Baden, Germany.
(c) Warsaw, Poland.
(d) Geneva, Switzerland.

15. How many Senators vote to confirm Sonia Sotomayor as Supreme Court Justice?
(a) 68.
(b) 62.
(c) 51.
(d) 79.

Short Answer Questions

1. The acronym HVD carries which of the following meanings in the memoir?

2. With which of the following does Obama meet while in India in his second year in office?

3. Approximately how many jobs does Obama note are gained in the March 2010 jobs report?

4. The acronym START carries what meaning in the memoir?

5. How many pages does Obama report McChrystal’s assessment as being?

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