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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does hook insist is not a function of poverty?
(a) Greed.
(b) Lovelessness.
(c) Bigotry.
(d) Hatred.

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

3. What negates love, according to hooks?
(a) Abuse and neglect.
(b) Community.
(c) Justice.
(d) Power.

4. What term does hooks use to describe her family?
(a) Functional.
(b) Normal.
(c) Dysfunctional.
(d) Abnormal.

5. What helped hooks to survive the trauma of lovelessness?
(a) Movies.
(b) The experience of genuine love.
(c) Romantic love.
(d) Books.

Short Answer Questions

1. When, according to hooks, do people learn how to lie?

2. What does hooks say is at the heart of justice?

3. What is the foundation of loving practice, according to hooks?

4. What do many people in our culture not know, according to hooks?

5. What are boys often taught at a young age?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does hooks say love cannot exist among lies and secracy?

2. What does hooks believe all children are entitled to?

3. What university did hooks teach at briefly?

4. What do children associate with love, according to hooks?

5. Why does hooks describe her family as dysfunctional?

6. Where does hooks say we first learn about love?

7. What hangs on hooks's kitchen wall?

8. What about the possibilty of love scared hooks when she was younger?

9. What are young boys taught about emotion?

10. Why is hooks worried about young people?

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