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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 position does Phil take in order to learn the newspaper business at the top?

2. What is the job that Truman offers to Father, an offer Father cannot refuse?

3. The _______________ raises a furor over Kay working without pay at the Mount Vernon Argus.

4. What is the major that Kay eventually declares when she is at college?

5. Bob Elliott invites Kay to be his __________ on two labor confrontations.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mother think of the women that she meets when she is living in Washington with Eugene?

2. What is Kay surprised about when she drives to Florida to see Phil's family?

3. What does Kay do with her time when Phil is off at court?

4. What does Father arrange for Kay when she goes to San Francisco to meet with family?

5. What does Father think about Kay's admission to the London School of Economics?

6. What does Father take from the hint of family friend and journalist, Eleanor Medill 'Cissy' Patterson?

7. Why does Agnes go to Europe for two months after the birth of her daughter, Elizabeth?

8. What does Time declare about the Washington Post in 1941 as its circulation begins to grow?

9. Why does Phil denounce the efforts of the Teamsters to unionize the Post's circulation?

10. Whom do Eugene and Agnes hire during the course of their around-the-world honeymoon?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Politics seem to play a central role in much of the book and for much of Kay's life, even delaying her wedding ceremony for a short while.

Part 1: Why do you think politics is such an important topic to those in Kay's family?

Part 2: How do you feel about the role of politics in your life? Does it play a large or small role?

Part 3: Do you think that politics should be a greater topic of conversation in this society? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

At times, it seems that Kay focuses more on the things that have happened to her, as opposed to writing about her internal feelings.

Part 1: Why do you think Kay focuses so much energy on writing about events rather than feelings?

Part 2: Would this memoir have been as enjoyable had it focused more on feelings? Why or why not?

Part 3: What does the writing style of the book have to say about Kay as a person?

Essay Topic 3

The Watergate Scandal rocked the Washington Post when the reporters uncovered the truth about what happened.

Part 1: Why do you think that the scandal was such an important event of its time?

Part 2: How would you rate Kay's effectiveness as a leader during this time at the paper?

Part 3: Why do you think that Kay was so stubborn in the choices she made during this time?

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