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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 essentially changes when family income changes?
(a) one's sense of purpose
(b) one's sense of pride
(c) one's sense of values
(d) one's sense of meaning

2. How is one's philosophy best expressed?
(a) by the choices one makes
(b) by the choices made by others
(c) by the obstacles thrown in their path
(d) by the circumstances set before them

3. What does a mature person take and evaluate in order to better themselves?
(a) advice
(b) logic
(c) self-knolwedge
(d) criticism

4. According to Eleanor's teacher, what must children do with the information they learn?
(a) the must relate to it
(b) they must immerse themselves in it
(c) they must use it as a building block
(d) they must never forget it

5. What is essentially easier and more exhilarating than fear?
(a) courage
(b) tenacity
(c) perseverance
(d) success

Short Answer Questions

1. What quality does a mature person have that specifically sets them apart from the others?

2. What is overcoming one's fears considered, if looked at it positively?

3. Above all else, what does Eleanor Roosevelt wish for all her reader do in regard to the uses of time?

4. Why do most people fear self-knoweldge?

5. According to Ms. Roosevelt, what does meeting and overcoming an impossible situation teach people?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Miss Hickok , what happens to her, and how does she cope?

2. When does the most obvious readjustment take place in a persons life?

3. What is so important about imagination, especially in regards to children?

4. What is the third tip and example that Eleanor Roosevelt gives about using time wisely?

5. What does Eleanor Roosevelt offer to people to help steer them from pitfalls?

6. How does Eleanor Roosevelt view retirement?

7. What is the moral behind the chapter on fear?

8. According to Eleanor Roosevelt, how is one's philosophy best expressed?

9. What does Eleanor Roosevelt feel is needed in addition to a book education?

10. in what way does Eleanor Roosevelt revise her definition of maturity?

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