A Smart Girl's Guide: Money. Nancy Holyoke

      Which sounds more like you? Take note of your answers.

      1.

      “Where’s that gift card you got for your birthday?”

      asks your mom. You say . . .

      a.

      “In my dresser drawer. I’m still thinking about

      what I want.”

      b.

      “Beats me.” (In fact, it’s under your bed, along with a petrified

      licorice rope and some dust balls the size of Chicago.)

      2.

      “That will be four dollars,” says the saleswoman. You . . .

      a.

      hand her the money.

      b.

      say, “Uh—.” You didn’t check the prices. You have only $2.51.

      3.

      You keep your money . . .

      a.

      in the bank on your desk.

      b.

      in piles all over your room. And at the bottom of your back-

      pack. And in the pockets of the clothes you wore yesterday.

      There may be some on the floor of the car, too.

      4.

      “How much did you spend at the game?” asks your dad. You . . .

      a.

      tell him.

      b.

      check your pockets. Everything, evidently.

      5.

      You’ve done it again—left your gloves someplace. You . . .

      a.

      check the lost-and-found and everyplace else you can think of.

      b.

      borrow your brother’s. You can always get new gloves.

      6.

      “Here’s your change,” says the clerk. You . . .

      a.

      put the bills neatly into your wallet.

      b.

      toss bills and coins into the open mouth of your purse.

      Bombs away!

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      Answers

      If you answered

      mostly b’s,

      you’re operating as if money and the

      things it buys have no value. But they do. Would you walk into a store

      and knowingly pay $5 for a $3 pen? Not likely. Yet if you go through the

      world blind to the value of what you’ve got, the results may be about