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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 mother.
(b) Aldrich.
(c) Aldrich's older sister .
(d) Rhonda.

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

3. Why is Cofer reflecting on the memories of moving to New York City?
(a) She moved away.
(b) She sees a friend from her childhood.
(c) Her father died.
(d) She watches an old home video.

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

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

6. Who seems to be the previous library book reader of "Book Marks"?
(a) No one, the book is new.
(b) A woman.
(c) A child.
(d) Her husband's mistress.

7. What ethnicity is Lily?
(a) Chinese.
(b) Japanese.
(c) Korean.
(d) Vietnamese.

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

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

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

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

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

13. What does Frazier NOT mention creeping its way into idleness in "A Lovely Sort of Lower Purpose"?
(a) Discussing children.
(b) Comparing salaries.
(c) Complaining about wives or girlfriends.
(d) Complaing about business.

14. 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 took too long to send mail.
(d) It was too expensive to send anything.

15. For what did McClanahan pay?
(a) A new car for her husband.
(b) Their first house.
(c) Her own abortion.
(d) The abortion for the woman her husband impregnated.

Short Answer Questions

1. Pertaining to "Mirrorings," where do Lucy Grealy's doctors find a tumor?

2. Which of the following does Aldrich not mention about her mother's concerns for her hair?

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

4. What does the interviewee in "Turning Point" do?

5. Who of Cofer's family members had problems assimilating into their new neighborhood?

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