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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What, at the start of "Symbiosis", does the Virus argue?
(a) That Money is a bad painter.
(b) That jumping is silly.
(c) He cannot exist without Bacterium.
(d) That drinking is bad for his health.

2. What is the magic ring's first power?
(a) It attracts money.
(b) It prevents you from falling in love.
(c) It makes you invisible.
(d) It saves you from danger.

3. What happens when the Scavenger Fish quits her job?
(a) The fish die.
(b) The fish act strangly.
(c) The ocea becomes gray.
(d) Fishermen invade the lake.

4. What does Cinderella do after she marries the prince?
(a) Embraces her step-mom.
(b) Cuts herself off from the family.
(c) Hires her step-mom as a maid.
(d) Has a child.

5. What does the Virus think the Bacterium does not understand?
(a) Science.
(b) What it means to be compatible.
(c) The glory of love.
(d) Math.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Bacterium tell the Virus to do at the start of "Symbiosis"?

2. How does the stepmom describe Cinderella's prince?

3. What does Edwin H. Friedman claim reptiles lack in the introduction to Part 4?

4. Why does the flower in "The Wallflower" try and make herself more attractive?

5. How is the chain reaction in "Panic" halted?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the shipwrecked man uncomfortable on the island in "Attachment" ?

2. What does Edwin H. Friedman suggest leads humans to be chained in the introduction to Part 3?

3. What does Jean learn about Jane in "Jean and Jane" and what is significant about it?

4. How does the stepmom describe Cinderella in "Cinderella: An Address Delivered to the National Association of Family Therapists by Cinderella's Stepmother"?

5. What is the relationship between the husband and wife in "The Lesson"?

6. How does perfection lead to Ms. Muffet's death in "Caught in Her Own Web"?

7. How does Edwin H. Friedman compare humans to reptiles in the introduction to Part 4?

8. What is the problem with making ideal humans in "Narcissus"?

9. Why do the island inhabitants in "Attachment" decide to change their ways after the shipwrecked man leaves?

10. Why is the flower in the story "The Wallflower" constantly worried about her looks?

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