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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What feeling does Frazier seem to take about society's lack of idleness in "A Lovely Sort of Lower Purpose"?
(a) He doesn't care either way.
(b) He is hopeful.
(c) It is tragic.
(d) It is maddening.

2. Where is Ehrlich spending the spring in "Spring"?
(a) Florida.
(b) Wyoming.
(c) Nebraska.
(d) Colorado.

3. Pertaining to "The Telephone" where did Anwar Accawi grow up?
(a) Georgia.
(b) A town in Arizona.
(c) A small town in Jordan.
(d) Europe.

4. What nationality is Tan in the essay "Mother Tongue"?
(a) American.
(b) Korean.
(c) Vietnamese.
(d) Chinese.

5. How did Accawi's village become part of the global community?
(a) The internet.
(b) Central air conditioning.
(c) The telephone.
(d) Electricity.

6. When does the lady in the apartment down the hall in "Westbury Court" realize that there is a fire?
(a) When she sees smoke.
(b) When she hears her screaming children.
(c) When she wakes up.
(d) When the firemen come in.

7. Who chastises Komunyakaa for keeping his reasoning for leaving a secret?
(a) Frank.
(b) No one.
(c) Lily.
(d) Maria.

8. What did McPhee notice about his childhood gift?
(a) The color.
(b) The elegant and steady way it always returned to him.
(c) That it was expensive.
(d) How heavy it was.

9. In "Westbury Court," who moves into the apartment down the hall after the lady and her children move out?
(a) Another family.
(b) It remains vacant.
(c) A group of Haitian musicians.
(d) An old man.

10. How do Gates and his community cheaply straighten their hair?
(a) They combed it over and over each night.
(b) By using an iron.
(c) They had straightening parties and all helped each other.
(d) By putting grease on it and keeping a stocking or rag on their head for a few days.

11. What does Cofer NOT mention being in Little Puerto Rico?
(a) Speaking the same language.
(b) Puerto Rican restaurants.
(c) People that identity with their culture.
(d) Grocery stores with Puerto Rican food.

12. Why is Tan's way of developing her English language unusual in the work, "Mother Tongue"?
(a) She learned to speak different forms in different contexts.
(b) Her mother taught her.
(c) She went to a Chinese school, but their English program was great.
(d) She stayed after school and worked with her teacher.

13. What was McPhee fascinated by as a child?
(a) Space shuttles.
(b) Parachutes.
(c) Fire trucks.
(d) Airplanes.

14. Pertaining to "Mother Tongue," what is Tan's profession?
(a) She is a waitress.
(b) She is an accountant.
(c) She is a stay at home mom.
(d) She is a writer.

15. Pertaining to "Book Marks" what parallel is McClanahan making to her own life story?
(a) The underlinings in a library book, made by a previous reader.
(b) Her mother's life.
(c) Her first daughter's life.
(d) The direction of the wind.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Ehrlich mention rejecting when she was younger in "Spring"?

2. What is the real problem with Ofri's patient in "Merced"?

3. Why does Grealy end her boycott?

4. What did Sanders inherit in "The Inheritance of Tools"?

5. Where does Gates go when he leaves America?

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