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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6 Give and Take.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Mary, what does a quilt keep out?
(a) Racism.
(b) Change.
(c) The cold.
(d) Sickness.

2. Where does Jack live?
(a) Cambridge.
(b) Berkeley.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Boston.

3. Which of the following metaphors runs through the entire first chapter of the text?
(a) That life is like a box of chocolates.
(b) That life is like building a fire.
(c) That life is like a sunset.
(d) That life is like needlework.

4. What does Bateson claim is the unifying thread of all the women she discusses in the book?
(a) They are all professionally successful and have wisdom to pass on.
(b) They have all faced frustration and difficult choices.
(c) They are all hopeless failures in life, despite having passion for their individual arts.
(d) They are all partners in highly successful marriages.

5. How old was Alice when her younger brother was born?
(a) Sixteen.
(b) Ten.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Fourteen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following art forms is NOT one Mary's grandfather collected when she was a child?

2. What was significant about Johnnetta's position as president of Spelman College?

3. According to Bateson, what do humans tend to believe about society?

4. Which of Bateson's parents left for long work duties during the war?

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

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