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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 the lamb's friends' advice at the end of ""The Friendly Forest"?
(a) To hide in a tree.
(b) To run away.
(c) To communicate with the bear.
(d) To communicate with the tiger.

2. What does baby bird leave forever at the end of "Soaring"?
(a) The birdhouse.
(b) The earth.
(c) His nest.
(d) Maryland.

3. What is the name of the bird couple in "Soaring"?
(a) Mr. and Mrs. Hex.
(b) Mr. and Mrs. Bird.
(c) Mr. and Mrs. Canary.
(d) Mr. and Mrs. Robin.

4. How does the moth try to help the other animal in "Round in Circles"?
(a) He tries to show a different perspective.
(b) He sings.
(c) He sounds an alarm.
(d) He holds open the window.

5. How does the person the man encounters on the bridge feel the man is acting?
(a) Selfish.
(b) Angry.
(c) Silly.
(d) Stupid.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the other animal in "Round in Circles" trying to get out of?

2. When, in "Projection", do Billy's parents decide to take him to a doctor?

3. At the end of "The Power of Belief", what does the dead man claim?

4. Who is Faust?

5. What, according to Oedipus, is searching and understanding within the self good for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the birds in "Soaring" believe is their greatest accomplishment?

2. What finally convinces baby bird to leave the nest?

3. How does the main character of "The Power of Belief" demonstrate the title?

4. How does Edwin H. Friedman suggest people open themselves up to better communication?

5. What is the common moral in "An American Holly" and "The Power of Belief"?

6. What is Edwin H. Friedman's relationship to his characters?

7. What advice does the moth give the fly in "Round in Circles"? Why should the moth follow his own advice?

8. What does Faust argue is the best way for humans to find truth?

9. Describe the end of "Soaring".

10. Why does the man on the rope in "The Bridge" think the first man is being selfish?

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