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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Paulos dream about?
(a) A hut on a tropical island beach.
(b) Flying to the moon.
(c) Solving the world's largest word problem.
(d) Baseball.

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

4. A correct answer is _______.
(a) Questionable.
(b) Certain.
(c) Dependent.
(d) A correct answer.

5. Which of the following is mentioned as being highly affected by lack of estimating skills?
(a) Math teachers.
(b) Everyone.
(c) Politicians.
(d) Scientists.

6. Who is used as one of the examples?
(a) Margie.
(b) Myrtle.
(c) Manuela.
(d) Mavis.

7. Which is not mentioned as being a way to teach children?
(a) Interactive games.
(b) Baseball.
(c) Riddles.
(d) Puzzles.

8. Innumeracy is ________.
(a) A myth.
(b) Widespread.
(c) Defunct.
(d) Foolish.

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

10. Paulos states that some people believe _______.
(a) Math is incomprehensible.
(b) Calculators rule the world.
(c) 1 and 1 do not equal 2.
(d) No one cares how to calculate tax.

11. What great writer is mentioned in this chapter?
(a) Eliot.
(b) Dickens.
(c) Woolf.
(d) Shakespeare.

12. Is it insisted that children learn which functions?
(a) Body.
(b) Rudimentary.
(c) Advanced.
(d) Statistical.

13. What is stronger than gravity?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Obstetrician.
(c) Tides.
(d) Moon.

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

15. What is not a reason for innumeracy?
(a) Poor education.
(b) DIfficulty.
(c) Misconception.
(d) Psychological block.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a student's last chance to learn math?

2. The city is the capital of which country?

3. Teachers may not teach math because of:

4. Which other country is mentioned?

5. What is not mentioned as something being estimated?

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