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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 In the Company of Friends.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Mrs. Erickson complete her "creative work"?
(a) On scraps of money.
(b) On scraps of time.
(c) On scraps of food.
(d) On scraps of paper.

2. Throughout the course of the book, how many women's lives will be studied?
(a) Seven.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Six.

3. Which of the following types of individuals tend to avoid "traditional" lives?
(a) Political individuals.
(b) Religious individuals.
(c) Creative individuals.
(d) All of the answers are true.

4. What article of clothing did Johnnetta receive as a joke from not one but two friends after earning her position as president of Spelman College?
(a) A pair of white gloves.
(b) A tiara.
(c) A beauty queen sash.
(d) A pair of ruby red slippers.

5. Which of the following topics is of most interest to Ellen?
(a) Drug safety and administration.
(b) Homelessness.
(c) Animal welfare.
(d) World hunger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was significant about Johnnetta's position as president of Spelman College?

2. How does Bateson feel about using a recipe when cooking?

3. Whose memoir was Mary working on when she first met Ellen in 1983?

4. Which of the following metaphors runs through the entire first chapter of the text?

5. Which of the following best describes the way the women in the text will "compose their lives"?

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