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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kay is upset with Phil using the paper to help promote the desegregation of ________________ in Washington.
(a) Drinking fountains
(b) Swimming pools
(c) Restaurants
(d) Houses

2. Kay realizes she has been conditioned to work and to deal only with __________ people - something which needs to change.
(a) Manipulative
(b) Lower
(c) Important
(d) Uneducated

3. What does Eugene know he can count on Agnes to provide for him during their marriage?
(a) Loving motherly instincts
(b) Social wiles
(c) Silence
(d) Staunch support

4. Who is continuously on call to talk with Phil as he recuperates from his breakdown?
(a) Eugene
(b) Kay
(c) Cissy
(d) Flo

5. What is the job that Truman offers to Father, an offer Father cannot refuse?
(a) Secretary of State
(b) President of WorldBank
(c) Personal assistant
(d) Secretary of Commerce

Short Answer Questions

1. When the costs at the Post are closely ____________, then the Post begins to make more money than the Star.

2. How does Eugene fare in his new position as offered to him by President Truman?

3. What is the name of the journal of the New School for Social Research that Agnes helps to co-found and edit?

4. What is the traumatic event that happens to Eugene's brother, Edgar?

5. What does the family friend from #25 persuade Father to purchase?

(see the answer key)

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