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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Joan at the time of her interviews for the book?
(a) 60.
(b) 70.
(c) 50.
(d) 80.

2. Which of the women in the book regularly starts their evening meals with an Armenian prayer?
(a) Mary.
(b) Alice.
(c) Joan.
(d) Ellen.

3. Which of the following topics is of most interest to Ellen?
(a) World hunger.
(b) Animal welfare.
(c) Drug safety and administration.
(d) Homelessness.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bateson claim helps a woman "discover underlying convictions that are steady throughout life"?

2. Which of the women in the book are looking for "symmetrical relationships"?

3. How does Bateson feel about using a recipe when cooking?

4. In what city were Joan and Erik married?

5. Whose point of view concludes chapter four?

(see the answer key)

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