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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In The Things We Carry, what is NOT an example given by the narrator for something the girls bring home?
(a) Foreign coins.
(b) Bottles of liquor for fathers.
(c) Peppers the length of a pinky finger.
(d) Pastries wrapped in colorful sheets of plastic.

2. The girls who are happy being single with no children shock their parents, as being a parent is what?
(a) A natural part of life.
(b) Practically patriotic.
(c) One of the first steps to being an adult.
(d) Expected.

3. Although the girls feel the urge to run away from college, why do they stay?
(a) They know it will get better.
(b) They are good girls and the ones who have succeeded in achieving the American Dream.
(c) They have nowhere else to go.
(d) They are embarrassed to leave.

4. What do the brown girls realize about their elite classmates?
(a) They do not have to work hard at schoolwork.
(b) They are not as intelligent as the brown girls.
(c) Their families worked for families such as these.
(d) They will most likely never have jobs.

5. Why do some of the brothers struggle to find work, according to the author?
(a) They do not know how to act in public.
(b) They are judged by their records.
(c) They are brown.
(d) They have poor educations.

6. What led to improvements on Rockaway Beach?
(a) Destruction caused by a category 5 superstorm.
(b) Newly-elected officials from the community.
(c) More government funding.
(d) Protests from residents.

7. What has taken the place of The Flea?
(a) A parking garage.
(b) A casino.
(c) A tech company.
(d) A large grocery store.

8. What do the letters brought back from the Motherland reveal about the brown girls’ parents?
(a) They hope to return to the Motherland someday.
(b) They have been trying to cut ties to the Motherland for years.
(c) They have been financially supported by family members in the old country.
(d) They have been sending money back home to support loved ones.

9. As the brown girls see first-hand the devastation caused by the colonizers, what do they realize?
(a) They are the colonizers.
(b) Whether they like it or not, they lay claim to both.
(c) They can never return to America.
(d) They are to blame.

10. Why do some girls fear motherhood?
(a) They fear they would mess up their children or would be engulfed by motherhood.
(b) They worry they cannot afford children.
(c) They fear the pain of childbirth.
(d) They fear their parents will interfere too much.

11. What is NOT an example of the blending of cultures given by the narrator?
(a) Traditional garb draped over western clothing.
(b) Baguettes filled with sweet, minced pork.
(c) Hospitals and schools named for those who came to uplift savage nations.
(d) English Breakfast tea served with dollops of condensed milk.

12. What city were some Queens’ residents worried their community would mimic, if the big tech company came to their town?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Miami.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Chicago.

13. What do some of the brothers do who struggle to find work?
(a) They go back to school.
(b) They return to their old ways.
(c) They work for relatives.
(d) They become priests, monks, and imams.

14. The narrator then describes the Flea, affectionately nicknamed what?
(a) The nuisance.
(b) Le Flea.
(c) The bug.
(d) The Tick.

15. In Heritage / Inheritance, what does the narrator say the girls are surprised to see?
(a) So many pagan god statues.
(b) Altars to Mary and Jesus next to figures of local gods.
(c) People with the same color of skin as them.
(d) So much Western influence.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Trish die?

2. To what do the girls looks forward to in “Trish”?

3. What is NOT an example given by the author as something intangible brought back to the States?

4. In Hyper/Visible/In/Visible, how do the brown girls who climb up the ranks in their chosen fields feel?

5. According to the narrator, how is making art a prison sentence?

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