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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who in hooks' life have always lied?
(a) Women.
(b) Children.
(c) Men.
(d) Family.

2. What was hooks afraid of in her early adulthood?
(a) Heights.
(b) Telling people she loved them.
(c) Being intimate.
(d) Dogs.

3. Why does hooks fear for young people?
(a) Because they are cynical about love.
(b) Because they are too modern.
(c) Because they are reckless.
(d) Because they hate honesty.

4. Where do many people turn to see their yearnings of love expressed?
(a) Their teachers.
(b) Their parents.
(c) Mass media.
(d) Their friends.

5. What happened when hooks stopped mourning her past?
(a) She got a cat.
(b) She was able to love again.
(c) She got married.
(d) She made more friends.

6. Why was hooks unable to experience love for many years?
(a) She was not ready.
(b) She did not care to know love.
(c) She did not try enough.
(d) She was able to experience love her entire life.

7. What do dictionary definitions of love tend to emphasize?
(a) Romantic love.
(b) Puppy love.
(c) Platonic love.
(d) Unrequited love.

8. What did hooks spend much of her adult life trying to deny?
(a) That she was unloved.
(b) That she was a bad person.
(c) That bad things had happened in her past.
(d) That she was unfulfilled.

9. What is one tactic men use to gain power in relationships?
(a) Psychological terrorism.
(b) Lying.
(c) Abuse.
(d) Yelling.

10. Why does hooks encourage readers to let go of grief?
(a) She does not encourage readers to let go of grief.
(b) To be more productive.
(c) To know love again.
(d) To make more money.

11. Why should children learn how to be responsible, according to hooks?
(a) So they can learn how to be good workers.
(b) So they can help others.
(c) So they can be good citizens.
(d) So they can learn how to cope with emotional responsibilities later in life.

12. What are people born able to do, according to hooks?
(a) Eat.
(b) Respond to care.
(c) Lie.
(d) Love.

13. What does hooks say is an act of will?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Love.
(c) Revenge.
(d) Lust.

14. What does hooks think enables people to find paradise?
(a) Joy.
(b) Devotion.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Love.

15. What did hooks realize when she came close to death?
(a) That she needed to write one more book.
(b) That she was terminally ill.
(c) That she wanted to travel more.
(d) That she had not known love yet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does hooks say is a crucial element of any social movement?

2. What does hooks offer as one good habit for anyone striving for self-acceptance?

3. What happened to hooks at 40 years of age?

4. What does hooks write that most children associate with love?

5. What is a simple way for children to learn discipline?

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