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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of Mary's grandparents was a scientist?
(a) Her maternal grandfather.
(b) Her paternal grandmother.
(c) Her maternal grandmother.
(d) Her paternal grandfather.

2. To Mary, what does American culture mean?
(a) Remembering one's cultural history and honoring it.
(b) Forgetting cultural pasts and creating a new future.
(c) Incorporating the cultures of those around us.
(d) Mary does not have an opinion on American culture.

3. Which of the women Mary interviewed is the oldest woman in the book?
(a) Ellen.
(b) Alice.
(c) Johnnetta.
(d) Joan.

4. Which of the following nation did many of the immigrants Mary's mother worked with com from?
(a) East Timor.
(b) West Africa.
(c) South America.
(d) Eastern Europe.

5. Which of the following best describes the way the women in the text will "compose their lives"?
(a) Historically.
(b) Improvisationally.
(c) Traditionally.
(d) Strictly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following values does Bateson say is "inappropriate in today's constantly changing world"?

2. What type of flower was planted on Spelman's campus in preparation for the television shoot?

3. What religion did all four of Mary's grandparents follow?

4. Which of the following topics is of most interest to Ellen?

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

(see the answer key)

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