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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who, in "Nervous Condition" does John marry?
(a) A mean woman.
(b) An oversensitive woman.
(c) A woman his mother's age.
(d) His high school sweetheart.

2. At the end of "Soaring", what does the baby bird enjoy?
(a) Food.
(b) Freedom.
(c) His friends.
(d) His family.

3. What is John's nervous condition?
(a) His nerve endings are outside his body.
(b) He doesn't like the rain.
(c) His mother beat him.
(d) He is afraid of taxis.

4. Why does baby bird never return home at the end of "Soaring"?
(a) He is lost.
(b) He dies.
(c) He hates his family.
(d) He enjoys his life too much.

5. How many children do the birds in "Soaring" have?
(a) 13.
(b) 9.
(c) 2.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are most of the bird couples' children able to do in "Soaring"?

2. When baby bird enacts his punishment upon his parents, what happens?

3. What is the youngest bird unable to do at the start of "Soaring"?

4. What does the family doctor ask the man in "The Power of Belief"?

5. Who writes the report in "Raising Cain: A Case History of the First Family"?

(see the answer key)

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