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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who gave Joan's son Jon a blood transfusion when he was sick in the hospital?
(a) His younger sister.
(b) His grandfather.
(c) His aunt.
(d) His mother.

2. What does Mary say Ellen's home "cries out for"?
(a) A child.
(b) A tribe.
(c) A heart.
(d) A maid.

3. According to Mary, when should caretaking be done?
(a) When one has the means to give.
(b) All the time, every day.
(c) When family members request it.
(d) Whenever there is need in the world.

4. Which woman would Mary most likely call "superwoman"?
(a) Johnnetta.
(b) Herself.
(c) Alice.
(d) None of the women.

5. In what decade did family shelters first start to pop up in Boston?
(a) 1970s.
(b) 1950s.
(c) 1980s.
(d) 1960s.

6. Which of the women identifies herself primarily as a dancer?
(a) Johnnetta.
(b) Mary.
(c) Alice.
(d) Joan.

7. Which of the following topics most interested Mary Bateson's father in his writing?
(a) Ergonomics.
(b) Ethereal beings.
(c) Ecology.
(d) Entomology.

8. Which woman said, "Somebody's got to be the mommy"?
(a) Joan.
(b) Mary.
(c) Johnnetta.
(d) Alice.

9. In what country was Erik, Joan's husband, born?
(a) Poland.
(b) Germany.
(c) Austria.
(d) Denmark.

10. What is the one thing modern day couples need to learn to deal with that couples in the past might not have had to deal with?
(a) Technological advances.
(b) Misbehaving children.
(c) Financial instability.
(d) Sudden life changes.

11. In "The Ode of Imru'u I-Qays", what distracts the woman from making love with her husband?
(a) The sound of coins being dropped into a jar.
(b) The barking of a neighbor's dog.
(c) The smell of food cooking.
(d) The cry of her child.

12. In what way did Erik constantly show care for his wife and Mary during their interview sessions?
(a) He gave the women should massages.
(b) He gave the women space to speak in private.
(c) He regularly brought the women tea.
(d) He regularly told the women how proud he was of them.

13. What does Mary claim is the result of changing one's identity?
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Loss.
(c) Hope.
(d) Confusion.

14. Why does Johnnetta "whip [her]self with guilt"?
(a) For separating from her first husband.
(b) For not being a full time mother.
(c) For not investing her money wisely.
(d) For quitting her job to care for her children.

15. Which woman does Mary claim learned to "compose the disparate elements of her life in new and less rigid ways".
(a) Ellen.
(b) Joan.
(c) Johnnetta.
(d) Alice.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mary feel about full-time female workers that also come home and cook for their families?

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

3. Which of the following activities helps Johnnetta deal with her stress?

4. By enriching their lives, what else are the women in the book enriching?

5. According to Mary, what is the danger in gardening?

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