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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 - Whence Innumeracy?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Children often fear what?
(a) Word problems.
(b) Complex formulas.
(c) Looking foolish.
(d) Math on the board.

2. Deciding how to buy which item might help children learn?
(a) Bread.
(b) Milk.
(c) Cereal.
(d) Pasta.

3. Which skill is rarely taught?
(a) Factoring.
(b) Estimation.
(c) Transposing.
(d) Multiplication.

4. The first stranger's wife went to what kind of camp?
(a) Girl Scout.
(b) Tennis.
(c) Concentration.
(d) Church.

5. What item of clothing is used in an example?
(a) Shoe.
(b) Skirt.
(c) Coat.
(d) Sock.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which other country is mentioned?

2. What does the man gauge to help his fear?

3. What did the Italian scientist discover?

4. How many days is a woman's cycle?

5. Why do people notice the coincidences?

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