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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one thing today's chef must have?
(a) The skills of a warrior.
(b) A good nose for smelling.
(c) Dedication.
(d) Discretion.

2. Who is Reed Hearon?
(a) Wilson's co-writer.
(b) The owner of LuLu's restaurant.
(c) The most famous chef in the United States.
(d) A math professor at Yale.

3. What is Jack restoring?
(a) A 1954 Dodge.
(b) A 1944 Dodge.
(c) A 1949 Mercury.
(d) A 1956 Chevy.

4. What did the fruits and flowers provide?
(a) Ground food.
(b) Nectar.
(c) Treetop food.
(d) Shade.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Israeli physicist desire to do rather than increasing muscle strength in a paralyzed person?

2. What rule does Greenfield propose?

3. How many years ago did changes in global climate initiate an ecosystem of fruits and flowers?

4. What type of intelligence does Patricia Greenfield study?

5. To whom does Wilson refer for information on heuristics of language and music?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Plotkin say about secondary heuristics?

2. Explain the studies that are conducted by a joint effort of University of New Mexico and Gallaudet University?

3. What does the author think about concerning a high school language teacher?

4. What does Feldenkrais say about how parents can inhibit their child's abilities?

5. Who is Patricia Greenfield and what does she theorize?

6. Why can't ground mammals take advantage of this global change?

7. What does William Calvin believe about female apes?

8. What does Wilson say about the skills of musical virtuosos?

9. Upon what does early medicine rely?

10. What area of the brain seems to be specialized for language and for how long has this are been adapted for language?

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