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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many role models does Bateson believe each woman should have in her life?
(a) An innumerable amount.
(b) Less than ten.
(c) One good one.
(d) At least three.

2. How does Bateson feel about using a recipe when cooking?
(a) She encourages women to improvise rather than follow preset plans.
(b) She only follows recipes that have been passed down from generations of women in her family.
(c) She believes the choice of wether or not to follow a recipe should be decided by each cook, and shouldn't be mandated by anyone.
(d) She believes following a recipe is the only way of ensuring success.

3. In what state is Spelman College located?
(a) Texas.
(b) Louisiana.
(c) Georgia.
(d) North Carolina.

4. What does Johnnetta say asking someone to change curriculum is like?
(a) Asking someone to move to a graveyard.
(b) Askin someone to mow their lawn.
(c) Asking someone to hand over the last cookie.
(d) Asking someone to pull their own teeth.

5. How did the doctors respond to Joan's activities program?
(a) They ignored Joan and the program completely.
(b) They were slow to recognize it.
(c) They were astounded that a woman could create such a successful program.
(d) They treated her equally, with great respect.

6. What type of poetry was Mary studying when she first met her husband, Barkev?
(a) Shakespearean verse.
(b) British rhyming slang.
(c) Arabic poetry.
(d) Japanese haiku.

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

8. Which of the following models does Bateson believe women should follow when forming their gender roles?
(a) The hyper-feminine reflection in the media.
(b) Bateson does not believe in following a model.
(c) Childhood fantasy and desire.
(d) Generations past.

9. What is necessary to produce a fruitful academic relationship?
(a) One mustn't pose a threat to their colleagues.
(b) One must take the lead in all acadmic social situations.
(c) One must acadmically stimulate their colleagues.
(d) One must critique the other's work.

10. What subject does Mary tackle with her metaphor of a "crazy quilt"?
(a) Society.
(b) Communications.
(c) Culture.
(d) Romance.

11. Which of Bateson's parents left for long work duties during the war?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Neither of her parents.
(c) Her father.
(d) Both her parents.

12. What do both Ellen and Steve do for a living?
(a) They are teachers.
(b) They are painters.
(c) They are psychiatrists.
(d) They are writers.

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

14. In what year did Johnnetta and her husband move to Liberia?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1984.
(c) 1991.
(d) 1973.

15. Which popular television program filmed at Spelman College weeks before Johnnetta earned her post?
(a) Sanford and Sons
(b) Diff'rent Strokes.
(c) The Cosby Show.
(d) The Parkers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Joan's main priority in life?

2. Which of the women Mary interviewed is the oldest woman in the book?

3. Which of the following types of individuals tend to avoid "traditional" lives?

4. Which of the following women most frequently collaborates with her husband on professional projects?

5. What metaphor does Joan use to describe her relationship with the doctors after the inclusion of her activities program?

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