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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 In the Company of Friends.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following values does Bateson say is "inappropriate in today's constantly changing world"?
(a) Gender roles.
(b) Technology.
(c) Religion.
(d) Permanence.

2. According to Ellen, why do more women work in the ERs in Boston than men?
(a) Women don't want to be perceived as weak.
(b) Men are forbidden from working in Boston ERs.
(c) Women want the higher paying hours.
(d) Women are given first choice of hours they want to work.

3. Which of the following women is interested in jewelry making?
(a) Joan.
(b) Johnnetta.
(c) Ellen.
(d) Alice.

4. How does Mrs. Erickson complete her "creative work"?
(a) On scraps of food.
(b) On scraps of time.
(c) On scraps of paper.
(d) On scraps of money.

5. In the past, what was valued above all else in one's life?
(a) Stability.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Religion.
(d) Happiness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following women had an obsession with the gypsies as a child?

2. What is Mrs. Erickson's first name?

3. Which of the women Mary interviewed is the oldest woman in the book?

4. Whose memoir was Mary working on when she first met Ellen in 1983?

5. Which of the following types of individuals tend to avoid "traditional" lives?

(see the answer key)

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