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The gift of the magi

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  I The Gift of the Magi   ONE DOLLAR AND EIGHTY-SEVEN CENTS. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one's cheek burned with the silent imputation of parsimony that such close dealing implied. Three times Della counted it. One dollar and eighty-seven cents. And the next day would be Christmas.  There was clearly nothing left to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl. So Della did it. Which instigates the moral reflection that life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.  While the mistress of the home is gradually subsiding from the first stage to the second, take a look at the home. A furnished flat at $8 per week. It did not exactly beggar description, but it certainly had that word on the look-out for the mendicancy squad. In the vestibule below was a letter-box into which no letter would go,...

History of Social Work

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1.When did formalized social work first emerge? A) 17th century B) 19th century C) 20th century D) 21st century Answer: B) 19th century 2.Who is often credited as the founder of modern social work? A) Jane Addams B) Sigmund Freud C) Karl Marx D) Florence Nightingale Answer: A) Jane Addams 3.Which of the following movements heavily influenced the early development of social work? A) Civil Rights Movement B) Women's Suffrage Movement C) Industrial Revolution D) Environmental Movement Answer: C) Industrial Revolution 4.The Settlement House Movement aimed to: A) Provide healthcare for the elderly B) Promote racial segregation C) Improve living conditions for the poor D) Enhance corporate profits Answer: C) Improve living conditions for the poor 5.The concept of "case work" in social work refers to: A) Political activism B) Working with individual clients C) Community organizing D) Economic development Answer: B) Working with individual clients 6.Which le...