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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 happened to Dickerson's nephew Johnny in "Who Shot Johnny?"?
(a) He jumped into a pool head first and was paralyzed.
(b) He was shot and killed.
(c) He was shot and paralyzed.
(d) He fell from a tree.

2. Who wanted to permanently involve America in foreign affairs with the League of Nations in "Who Are We"?
(a) Woodrow Wilson.
(b) Richard Nixon.
(c) FDR .
(d) George Bush.

3. What American obsession does Queenan discuss in "Matriculation Fixation"?
(a) Health care.
(b) Money.
(c) Going green.
(d) The status of a top-tier university.

4. Why does the last part of Lopez's journey in "The Stone Horse" have to be traveled on foot?
(a) The road is blocked by boulders.
(b) He ran out of gas.
(c) Tress had fallen in the road.
(d) There is too much ice.

5. What does Hearne say is ignored in this philosophy in "What's Wrong With Animal Rights?"?
(a) The ability to think.
(b) Ocean life is completely forgotten about.
(c) Full demensions of human existence, not just to pain.
(d) Relationships and knowledge of the relationships.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Steele considering in the essay "On Being Black and Middle Class"?

2. What issue is Berry criticizing in "In Distrust of Movements"?

3. Who does Talese accompany to Cuba in "Ali in Havana"?

4. Who was lynched in 1999 according to Rushdy in "Exquisite Corpse"

5. What was the verdict of the wet food in "No Wonder They Call Me a Bitch"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Convoy finally accept at the end of his essay "Think About It"?

2. What does Steele say about her black identity in the essay, "On Being Black and Middle Class"?

3. Why did Till's mother want his coffin to remain open in the essay "Exquisite Corpse"?

4. What is Kincaid's attitude towards England in "On Seeing England for the First Time"?

5. Why is the Quechan horse still intact, unlike the other archaeological monuments in "The Stone Horse" by Barry Lopez?

6. What does Dickerson say about Johnny's assailant in "Who Shot Johnny?"

7. What does Williams say about the reasons hunters give for hunting in the essay "The Killing Game"?

8. What is utilitarianism according to Singer in "The Singer Solution to World Poverty"?

9. What does Updike say about the male body in "The Disposable Rocket"?

10. Describe what Berry's issue with the American people is in "In Distrust of Movements."

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