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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Obama's paternal grandmother?

2. What did Obama's father nickname his Buick Electra?

3. Why did Suzanne quit her job?

4. What position was Barack elected to while at Harvard Law?

5. Who passed away the summer after sophomore year?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened at Obama's first piano recital?

2. What kinds of things was Craig worried about growing up, and what did he do about those things?

3. What program was Obama enlisted into while at Bryn Mawr?

4. What was Michelle Obama's living situation growing up?

5. Why did one of Obama's first year roommates move out of their room?

6. What did Obama's father say to her on the night of his death?

7. What happened when Obama talked to a group of neighborhood girls while at her grandparents' house?

8. Why was it so easy for Obama to find the middle C key on Robbie's piano?

9. What was the Third World Center?

10. What was Barack's solution to finish his book in such as short amount of time?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you analyze the relationship and dynamic between Michelle Obama and her family. What kind of wife and mother did she want to be, and how were these dynamics altered once her family moved into the White House?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you discuss the significance of the White House garden that Obama planted during her husband's first term. Why was it so important to Obama to plant this garden, and in what ways did its existence prove to be beneficial? Be sure to use specific evidence from the text.

Essay Topic 3

Michelle Obama experiences a change in heart in her mid-twenties when she realizes she does not want to be a lawyer. How did she go about making career changes, and how is it effective or not effective?

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