1. From a very young age, Jimmy Carter's driving ambition was to enroll in the Naval Academy at Annapolis and become an officer. What made him abandon this quest seven years after becoming an ensign and return to Plains?

  A. His mother had breast cancer
  B. His brother Billy dropped out of school
  C. A fungus threatened to destry the peanut crop
  D. His father died

2. Jimmy Carter has penned a library shelf full of books. Aside from those he's co-authored with other politicians, edited, or written introductions for, how many has he written?

  A. More than 10
  B. More than 15
  C. More than 20
  D. More than 30

3. A famous manufacturer recently donated equipment to Plains, Georgia, Jimmy Carter's hometown. What was this item?

  A. A forklift
  B. A fleet of tour buses
  C. An elevator
  D. State-of-the-art video equipment

4. AFC enterprises, based in Atlanta, Georgia, recently joined Carter's Habitat for Humanity effort by promising to build houses abroad. What country did it commit to?

  A. South Korea
  B. Vietnam
  C. Bosnia
  D. Kenya

5. Carter and wife Rosalynn, both avid nature lovers, celebrated the 4th of July a few years ago by releasing a bird from a Southern nature preserve. What did they liberate?

  A. A bald eagle
  B. A great blue heron
  C. A great horned owl
  D. A brown pelican

6. Jimmy Carter's constant presence in public life has attracted many celebrity donations. Which one of these did Habitat for Humanity volunteers scarf up while working?

  A. Wolfgang Puck's pizza
  B. Jimmy Dean's sausage
  C. Ben & Jerry's ice cream
  D. Paul Newman's lemonade

7. Which politically incorrect country did Jimmy Carter and the Rev. Billy Graham go to bat for in 1999?

  A. Iraq
  B. Iran
  C. North Korea
  D. Cuba

8. Carter has said that Miss Julia Coleman, one of his grade-school teachers in Plains, had a profound influence on his life. Which of these was not featured in Miss Coleman's classroom?

  A. A 78-rpm record player
  B. Busts of U.S. presidents
  C. Paintings by the great masters
  D. The works of Leo Tolstoy

9. Rosalynn Carter has a "pet" health cause, about which she has written and spoken, and around which Atlanta's Carter Center holds an annual symposium. What is it?

  A. AIDS
  B. Vaccines for children
  C. Mental health
  D. Low birth-weight babies

10. Carter, a devout lifelong Baptist who served as deacon and Sunday School teacher, decided to cut his ties to the Southern Baptist Convention several years ago. Why?

  A. The group was becoming too conservative
  B. The group was incorporating liberal doctrine
  C. It rejected his social justice initiatives
  D. Fiscal abuses were rampant throughout the organization