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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. Who was Barack opponent in the 2012 election?

2. What was the result of the campaigning in Iowa?

3. What was Obama's new job once her husband was elected president?

4. What was the goal of Obama's first initiative as First Lady?

5. Who gave Obama a personal tour of the White House?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Obama think it is important for people to share their stories?

2. Who is Hadiya Pendleton?

3. What is becoming for Obama?

4. What did Obama anticipate about taking on the role of First Lady?

5. Why was it impossible for Barack to accompany the girls on their first day at their new school?

6. What does Obama say she will do in light of the current political climate?

7. Where did the Obama go on their first date as President and First Lady?

8. What was the purpose of the mentoring program Obama started at the White House?

9. What did Obama make her husband promise to do if he did not make it far in the Senate campaign?

10. What were the results of the 2008 presidential election?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you analyze Obama's affinity to working with and focusing on children and children's needs while in the White House. Why was Obama so adamant about helping and encouraging children around the world, and in what ways did she help and encourage children while she was First Lady?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay explaining the significance of the title of the novel. How does the title support the overall narrative tone and themes Obama highlights throughout? What does it mean to become?

Essay Topic 3

When her husband is elected President of the United States, Michelle Obama knows that she will be stepping into a difficult role as First Lady. How does Michelle Obama go about being a First Lady? What is most important to her, in what ways is she different from or challenge the traditions of the role?

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