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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10 Vicissitudes of Commitment.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What metaphor does Joan use to describe her relationship with the doctors after the inclusion of her activities program?
(a) Language.
(b) Sewing.
(c) Art.
(d) Music.

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

5. In what situation does Mary describe children as caregivers?
(a) As carers for imaginary friends.
(b) As carers for parents.
(c) As carers for siblings.
(d) As carers for pets.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following subjects is of most interest to Joan?

2. Whose home does Mary think "signifies society's ideas about status, education, and family"?

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

4. Which of the following metaphors runs through the entire first chapter of the text?

5. In what country did Johnnetta first experience that race is not "forever and ever"?

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