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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8 Caretaking.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What devalued the role of "mother" in the mid 1900s?
(a) The fact that women often hated it.
(b) The fact that it was unpaid.
(c) The fact that the children often misbehaved.
(d) The fact that fathers wanted nothing to do with it.

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

3. Whose memoir was Mary working on when she first met Ellen in 1983?
(a) Her parents'.
(b) Her grandmother's.
(c) Her deceased brother's.
(d) Her own.

4. Which of the following is NOT a category of Alice's life?
(a) Life before Jack.
(b) Life after Jack.
(c) Life with Jack.
(d) Life without Jack.

5. How many children did Joan and Erik have together?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. According to Mary, what societal role is care taking usually assigned to?

4. Which of the following items does NOT make up the decoration in Johnnetta's home?

5. What subject does Mary tackle with her metaphor of a "crazy quilt"?

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