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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which is an incorrect statement in science?
(a) Usually.
(b) Whatever.
(c) It depends.
(d) In most cases.

2. Paulos believes that technological advances encourage:
(a) Apathy.
(b) Laziness.
(c) Selfishness.
(d) Ignorance.

3. What is a student's last chance to learn math?
(a) Middle school.
(b) On the job.
(c) College.
(d) High school.

4. What animal is referred to by the author?
(a) Monkey.
(b) Giraffe.
(c) Mouse.
(d) Tiger.

5. How many days is a woman's cycle?
(a) 5 days.
(b) 28 days.
(c) 23 days.
(d) 14 days.

6. Paulos was encouraged to learn math because ____.
(a) Childhood trauma.
(b) Father was a math teacher.
(c) Couldn't tell time.
(d) Wanted to learn about money.

7. The doctor was convinced about his:
(a) Math skills.
(b) Time of death.
(c) Golf score.
(d) Scientific prowess.

8. What is often caused by childhood trauma?
(a) Math anxiety.
(b) Phobias.
(c) Educational blocks.
(d) Rashes.

9. Paulos likes to debunk which of the following?
(a) Abstract thinking.
(b) Evolution.
(c) Astrology.
(d) Religion.

10. Math is ________.
(a) Concrete.
(b) Finite.
(c) Abstract.
(d) Conclusive.

11. What is not a common aid used to teach math?
(a) Riddles.
(b) Diagrams.
(c) Pictures.
(d) Yarstick.

12. What is CSICOP?
(a) Conclave of Scientists Clashing with Pseudoscience.
(b) Committee for Scientific Claims of the Paranormal.
(c) Committee for Simple Conversion of Pi.
(d) Council for Studious Classification of Pythagoras.

13. The author mentions sagas from which country?
(a) Sweden.
(b) Norway.
(c) Greece.
(d) Iceland.

14. The situation for mathematically uneducated high school students is:
(a) Critical.
(b) Inexcusable.
(c) A fact of life.
(d) Sad.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Innumeracy is ________.

2. Which is not mentioned as being a way to teach children?

3. Innumerates are more likely to believe in what?

4. Many are innumerate because they cannot connect math to:

5. Most prevalent scenario involving innumerates includes what?

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