Questions on Changing Families

What is the main idea of the passage?

• In North Africa, families are big, but in Europe, they're small

• Families around the world are changing

• There is more divorce today than in the past

According to the text, what is happening to families all over the world?

• Families are becoming wealthier

• Families are getting bigger

• Families are getting smaller

In the past, how many children did the average Mexican woman have?

• Three

• Five

• Seven

What is the traditional Japanese family described as?

• A nuclear family with two parents and children

• An extended family with several generations living together

• A family where only women work

Why do some young Japanese women choose not to marry?

• They want to study abroad

• They want to live with their friends

• They prefer to have a job and stay with their parents

What is true about families in Europe today?

• Divorce rates are decreasing

• Most people still live in large families

• Many people live alone or have single-parent families

In Denmark, what is true about first-born children?

• Most of them have divorced parents

• Most of them have parents who are not married

• Most are born into extended families

In North Africa today, most people still live in large extended families.

The average Mexican woman now has fewer children than in the past.

The traditional Japanese family included only two generations.