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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Grealy boycott?
(a) Chemotherapy.
(b) Going in public.
(c) Boys.
(d) Mirrors.

2. What does McClanahan se from the margins of the previous reader?
(a) The same despair she once had.
(b) Passion.
(c) Love for poetry.
(d) The desire for love.

3. What does Ehrlich see violently shaking and jiggling beneath its surface in "Spring"?
(a) The ocean.
(b) Mount Rushmore.
(c) The mountains.
(d) Still and peacefulness.

4. What is the real problem with Ofri's patient in "Merced"?
(a) She has a tumor.
(b) She has lyme disease.
(c) She has aseptic meningitis.
(d) She has leukemia.

5. What does Tan realize after becoming a renowned writer in "Mother Tongue"?
(a) That her mother's English is no less legitimate.
(b) That Tan has the best English grammar.
(c) That their are varied forms of the English language.
(d) That her mother is pretty on the inside.

6. Why is Sanders thinking about this particular gift from his father in "The Inheritance of Tools"?
(a) His father died.
(b) He wants to build a new shed for his tools.
(c) He has a new carpentry job.
(d) He wants to teach his son how to use them.

7. From "The Blue Machinery," where does Komunyakaa work during a summer job?
(a) Subway.
(b) A shoe store.
(c) An electronics factory.
(d) A mechanic shop.

8. What does Hoagland's friend say about the number of suicides committed by men in "Heaven and Nature"?
(a) That women are stronger than men.
(b) Men are goal oriented and cannot stand the feeling of failure, so it is an easy escape.
(c) That women usually don't have the means to kill themselves.
(d) That men are more passive in their emotions.

9. Pertaining to "Mirrorings," where do Lucy Grealy's doctors find a tumor?
(a) Her knee.
(b) Her breast.
(c) Her cheek.
(d) Her brain.

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

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

12. Who of Cofer's family members had problems assimilating into their new neighborhood?
(a) Her father.
(b) Cofer.
(c) Her dog.
(d) Her mother.

13. What does Ofri ultimately realize from her patient in "Merced"?
(a) She shouldn't be a doctor.
(b) She is not the master over death.
(c) She should be more confident.
(d) She should listen better to her patients.

14. Who does Gates recall having immaculate hair?
(a) Nat King Cole.
(b) August Wilson.
(c) Martin Luther King.
(d) His dad.

15. When McClanahan's husband leaves her, what does she do?
(a) Moves to Europe.
(b) Attempts suicide.
(c) Runs after his car and trips.
(d) Burns all of their pictures.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to change Ofri's state of being in "Merced"?

2. What does Maria compare Komunyakaa to?

3. What was McPhee fascinated by as a child?

4. How is time or age measured in Accawi's village?

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

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