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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What should people do with their extra money, once they earn more per month than they spend?

2. The numbers along the y-axis should increase by what increment?

3. What is the best thing to do with the interest received?

4. If people invest more money each month, what happens to the monthly interest?

5. The top number on the y-axis should be at least how large?

Short Essay Questions

1. What job-hunting advice is included in the book?

2. How far away from homelessness are most Americans?

3. How do peoples' words cause them to identify themselves personally with their jobs? Why is this a problem?

4. Summarize the 10 SURE WAYS TO SAVE MONEY.

5. What happens for most people, after using the wall chart for a while?

6. How is Step 8 completed? What does it allow program participants to do?

7. What is the difference between the word "frugal" and the Spanish word "aprovechar?" Which do the authors prefer?

8. What are 1,001 SURE WAYS TO SAVE MONEY?

9. Why are most people happier when their jobs are not related to their passions?

10. What span of time should the wall chart cover? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the main issues and difficulties encountered by program participants when charting and categorizing expenses? How should program participants strike a balance between having too few categories, which inhibits evaluation and elimination of items, and having too many categories, which creates complication and tedium?

Essay Topic 2

Why should people try their best to get out of debt, when credit cards are readily available? Why should people save a six-month cushion? What is the real meaning of financial independence?

Essay Topic 3

If program participants genuinely have no sense of their own passion or life purpose, what advice do the authors offer as paths to insight? How can people be of service, meanwhile, if they have not yet determined their life purpose?

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