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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 does Erica feel about the new workers she hires in Chapter 14?
(a) She is attracted to several.
(b) She views them as cogs in a machine.
(c) She thinks they are lazy and unmotivates.
(d) She values each of them.

2. Which of the following is an activity that Harold and Erica put off because of their busy schedules in Chapter 14?
(a) Buying new groceries.
(b) Changing light bulbs.
(c) Cleaning gutters.
(d) Fixing cracked windows.

3. What nearly happened to Erica at age 10?
(a) She was nearly sent to China.
(b) She nearly lost her mother.
(c) She nearly died.
(d) She nearly got arrested.

4. What is the physical indication that Erica and Harold's relationship is becoming romantic in Chapter 13?
(a) They make furtive love.
(b) She stares in his eyes.
(c) They hold hands.
(d) They kiss.

5. What does Harold explain to Erica about history in Chapter 15?
(a) The Great Man theory.
(b) The Rationalist world view.
(c) The causes of the Depression.
(d) Civil libertarianism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mark say he is in search of in Chapter 12?

2. What does Erica particularly admire about Raymond in Chapter 16?

3. In Chapter 13, Harold ruminates that certain pagans considered what to be a god?

4. What institution does Herold begin working for in Chapter 15?

5. What suffers with the success of the business in Chapter 14?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Brooks describe the relationship between the unconscious and the conscious mind in Chapter 15?

2. How does Erica almost get arrested in Chapter 7?

3. How do Erica and Harold form a close bond in Chapter 13?

4. What traumatic event occurs to Erica during a tennis match in Chapter 8?

5. How do the founders of the Academy view poverty in America?

6. How does the business collapse in Chapter 14?

7. What did the marshmallow test predict about child development?

8. What different trajectories do Harold and Erica's lives take in Chapter 15?

9. How does Brooks explain the difference between wealthy and poor children's play time in Chapter 7?

10. How is the Academy schedule different from public school?

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