View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Irwin's mother is upset and tries to convince him that bad things will come his way if he does what?
(a) Drops out of school.
(b) Attends another church.
(c) Continues to gamble.
(d) Turns his back on the church.

2. Robert's mother apparently provided Robert with an ethical foundation and his father indoctrinated him with what?
(a) A lazy attitude.
(b) A desire to work hard.
(c) An interest in cars.
(d) An easy-going approach to life.

3. As a young teen who loves music, Irwin teaches himself to do what?
(a) Play the guitar.
(b) Dance.
(c) Sing.
(d) Play the piano.

4. Irwin's family is part of what social class?
(a) Working middle class.
(b) Upper middle class.
(c) Upper class.
(d) Lower class.

5. To what does Robert partially attribute to growing up here in the 1940s?
(a) His love of the ocean.
(b) His interest in the arts.
(c) His easy sense of well-being.
(d) His dark tan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Does Robert claim any discomfiture in his youth?

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

3. Robert was a ______________ child who could perceive danger and cope with it.

4. There is nothing Irwin likes more than cruising around L.A. at any time of the day or night and stopping to do what?

5. Where did Robert Irwin grow up?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 247 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample