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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Both parents found Robert a ______ to raise.
(a) Simple child.
(b) Joy.
(c) Nuisance.
(d) Problem.

2. It was in whose honor that Irwin wrote the unproduced screenplay The Green and the White?
(a) Joan Tewkesbury.
(b) Joan Tisch.
(c) Joan Tipograph.
(d) Joan Templeman.

3. There is nothing Irwin likes more than cruising around L.A. at any time of the day or night and stopping to do what?
(a) Look for celebrities.
(b) People watch.
(c) Enjoy a Coke.
(d) Take photographs.

4. Robert was a ______________ child who could perceive danger and cope with it.
(a) Happy.
(b) Cautious.
(c) Strange.
(d) Wild.

5. Overton Irwin, Robert's father, ran a successful ____________________ business until he lost everything in the Depression.
(a) Heating and air conditioning.
(b) Flooring.
(c) Construction.
(d) Plumbing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Does Robert claim any discomfiture in his youth?

2. Although Goldie defends her son's work and is proud of it, she admits she doesn't always ________________ it.

3. From what competitions does Irwin average $100 per week in prize money?

4. His mother, like most other mothers, loved Robert's childhood drawings, but did the family focus on art or visit museums?

5. Irwin and his brother attend what church with their mother?

(see the answer key)

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