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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 frugal people research before purchasing items?
2. What should people do with their extra money, once they earn more per month than they spend?
3. What is a major advantage of separating employment from passion?
4. Why do people feel very free when volunteering?
5. How should investment income be tracked?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are 1,000,001 SURE WAYS TO SAVE MONEY?
2. What do many people try to get from other jobs, other than a paycheck?
3. How far away from homelessness are most Americans?
4. What are a person's options, once he reaches his crossover point?
5. Why should the wall chart be displayed where participants can view it easily?
6. What happens for most people, after using the wall chart for a while?
7. Summarize the 10 SURE WAYS TO SAVE MONEY.
8. How is Step 8 completed? What does it allow program participants to do?
9. Why is it unwise to seek employment in an area involving a person's passion?
10. What is Step 7? What are the advantages of following this step?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the authors' view of work vs. personal identity? How can subtle shifts in language and attitude change a person's perspective, regarding what constitutes work? Why should security, tradition, enjoyment, duty, prestige, status, power, or social opportunities be sought after away from a person's work environment?
Essay Topic 2
What, according to the authors, is the difference between frugality and aprovechar? Are there some tips for saving money in the book that few people would be likely to follow? (For example, would most people ever consider selling their home and moving into a motor home, in order to save money?)
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the psychological impact of the financial wall chart. Consider the implications involved with displaying the chart where all visitors can see it, the burden of tracking every penny earned or spent, the urgency or lack of urgency created by a five- to seven-year time frame, and emotional responses to acknowledging past spending habits.
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