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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the main sign that McClanahan's first marriage is doomed to sadness?
(a) Her husband impregnated another woman.
(b) McClanahan could not have any children.
(c) McClanahan cheated on him with another man.
(d) She was in love with her best friend.

2. What does Ofri originally think is the problem with her patient in "Merced?
(a) She has leukemia.
(b) She has aseptic meningitis.
(c) She has lyme disease.
(d) She has a tumor.

3. What are the benefits of Accawi's village becoming a global community?
(a) More educational opportunities and better pay.
(b) More opportunities to travel.
(c) The ability to communicate to other cities.
(d) The chance to meet famous people.

4. From "The Stunt Pilot" what is the name of the stunt pilot Dillard writes about?
(a) Dave Rahm.
(b) Dave Rhine.
(c) Davis Rahm.
(d) Davis Ronn.

5. Why does Grealy end her boycott?
(a) She has another surgery.
(b) She is asked on a date.
(c) A boy she has lunch with is not disgusted by her.
(d) She is asked to be a model.

6. What does Sanders say about a tool verses a machine in "The Inheritance of Tools'?
(a) A machine does more efficient work than a tool.
(b) A tool relies heavily on the person who yields it.
(c) A tool is easier to use than a machine.
(d) A tool is cheaper than a machine.

7. Pertaining to the "The Inheritance of Tools," who is Sanders thinking of?
(a) His mom.
(b) His first baseball coach.
(c) His father.
(d) His grandfather.

8. How does Accawi feel about his village becoming a global community?
(a) He hates everything about it.
(b) He loves the progression his community is undergoing.
(c) He is nostalgic for his younger years.
(d) He thinks the village is on a search for a better life that they have yet to find.

9. What was the one thing Grealy craved and completely lacked?
(a) Positive attention from boys.
(b) A dad.
(c) Money to pay her debts.
(d) The ability to travel.

10. What does the interviewee in "Turning Point" repeatedly refuse?
(a) Women.
(b) Profit for his art.
(c) A TV show.
(d) An agent.

11. What was one of the problems Fadiman mentions about 19th century postage in "Mail"?
(a) No one used street addresses.
(b) The recipient, not the sender had to pay for the postage.
(c) It was too expensive to send anything.
(d) It took too long to send mail.

12. How is time or age measured in Accawi's village?
(a) By it's proximity to other events.
(b) With a sundial.
(c) With a stopwatch.
(d) By a calendar.

13. What does Grealy feel she was being praised for during her battle with chemotherapy?.
(a) Hiding the pain.
(b) Her positive attutude.
(c) Being brave.
(d) Surviving the treatment.

14. What was the hope of incorporating the new postage system called "penny post" in "Mail"?
(a) It would be faster.
(b) To increase revenue and lower the cost .
(c) Everyone has pennies, so everyone could mail something.
(d) It would decrease the revenue and mail would eventually die out .

15. Who said, "hair is like life- there is no need to be bound by the past because it can always be changed"?
(a) Aldrich's older sister .
(b) Aldrich.
(c) Rhonda.
(d) Aldrich's mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Pertaining to "Turning Point," who does Chelminski interview?

2. What nationality is Tan in the essay "Mother Tongue"?

3. In Mother Tongue, who always made sense to Tan, even if the speech was grammatically incorrect?

4. What feeling does Frazier seem to take about society's lack of idleness in "A Lovely Sort of Lower Purpose"?

5. What is Fadiman reflecting on in "Mail"?

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