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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Head for the Hands and Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Wilson learn that cooking is a specific skill using hands to produce an immediate sense of achievement?
(a) Working as a sous chef.
(b) Working as a meal planner in a posh restaurant.
(c) Talking with Reed.
(d) Eating at LuLu's restaurant

2. To what does Kathleen Gibson attribute human intelligence?
(a) Opposable thumbs.
(b) Dense brain tissue.
(c) An insatiable curiosity to discover something new.
(d) The ability to interpret abstract ideas.

3. What is pad-to-side?
(a) A way to practice rock climbing.
(b) A way of moving the fingers.
(c) A way of rotating the wrist.
(d) One type of grip.

4. What does the Israeli physicist discover?
(a) Certain movements can lead a person with practice to move more smoothly and efficiently.
(b) Quarks move faster when someone thinks about their doing so.
(c) Some movements are mimicked on the micro level.
(d) Quarks are not in this dimension.

5. What is aphasia?
(a) A language impairment.
(b) A disease that limits the function of the medulla.
(c) A way of charting the areas of the brain.
(d) A motor impairment that affects the hand.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one very important problem-solving strategy?

2. What is the purpose of the shoulder, arm and hand in being fully integrated?

3. What does juggling as learned and performed by Percelly provide?

4. What does Wilson say is not genetic?

5. Why does Calvin think the female ape cradles her baby in its left arm?

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