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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapters 1 - 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who suggested to the author that he get an entry-level job at the San Francisco Chronicle?
(a) Mary Moore.
(b) Jim Strand.
(c) Teresa Moore.
(d) Rufus Jeffris.

2. Where did Ryan Eller live when the author met him?
(a) Texas.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) Arkansas.

3. The author was a part of a team that wrote covering on what incident, earning them the Pulitzer Prize?
(a) The Waco siege.
(b) The 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center.
(c) The AIDS crisis.
(d) The 2007 Virginia Tech massacre.

4. Who is Gail Wade's daughter that was one of the author's closest friends?
(a) Nathalie.
(b) Brianna.
(c) Emily.
(d) Sarah.

5. How many miles over the speed limit did the officer say the author was driving when he pulled him over in Part 2, Chapter 11?
(a) 15.
(b) 25.
(c) 30.
(d) 20.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did David Hoffman go to lunch with the author after he had written a story about video games being the rock and roll of the war in Iraq?

2. Approximately how many people were deported by ICE in 2010?

3. Who was Karen Willemsen's father-in-law that lived in Portland in 2003?

4. Who is the journalist and conservative commentator that Jake married?

5. Who was the chairman of the Washington Post Company when the author began his two-year internship there?

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