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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to this book, what is the unemployment rate for black males in Washington DC at the time?
(a) Ten percent.
(b) Fifteen percent.
(c) Fifty percent.
(d) Twenty two percent.

2. Burnham believes he is allergic to what?
(a) Flour.
(b) Peanut butter.
(c) Ethyl alchohol.
(d) Wheat.

3. Whose speech does Burnham hear while at college in 1960?
(a) McGeorge Bundy.
(b) Che Guevera.
(c) Mao Tse-tung.
(d) Fidel Castro.

4. What kind of information will Burnham have access to with "Q" status?
(a) The President's agenda
(b) Personel files.
(c) Classified computer disks containing information from the CIA.
(d) Atomic energy documents.

5. How many of the President's writers work for the White House?
(a) Only the Chief Writer.
(b) Only the top five staff writers.
(c) None, technically.
(d) Only the staff reporting writers worked for the White House.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Burnham want Mr. Renfro to explain?

2. What does Burnham want to do with the flame thrower?

3. Why does Mr. Joslin think Ivy Peniston would want to go back to Bermuda?

4. What does the high school building remind Ivy Peniston of?

5. What is stapled to the door of Derry's room?

(see the answer key)

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