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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Mother Tongue, who always made sense to Tan, even if the speech was grammatically incorrect?
(a) Tan's dog.
(b) Tan's sister.
(c) Tan's mom.
(d) Tan's teacher.

2. What happens to change Ofri's state of being in "Merced"?
(a) Her patient dies at home.
(b) Her patient comes in completely cured.
(c) Her patient changes doctors because Ofri misdiagnosed her.
(d) Her patient becomes brain dead and will not survive another week.

3. What issue is Frazier discussing about the modern world in the essay "A Lovely Sort of Lower Purpose"?
(a) Our need to make more money.
(b) Our obsession with technology.
(c) The need to eat all organic foods.
(d) Our inability to be idle.

4. What does Frazier recall about his childhood in "A Lovely Sort of Lower Purpose"?
(a) Making homemade biscuits.
(b) Cutting down a tree.
(c) Playing, exploring, and building all through the woods.
(d) Camping and fishing.

5. Pertaining to "In the Kitchen," what is Gates reflecting on?
(a) His childhood home.
(b) Black athletes.
(c) His mother's cooking.
(d) Black hairstyles.

6. In "The Stunt Piolot," why does Dillard's heart flutter?
(a) She was falling in love.
(b) They were close to the mountains.
(c) She thought he was handsome.
(d) The scenery from the sky was breathtaking.

7. What does Grealy look down on?
(a) Those who never had cancer.
(b) Those who pride themselves on intellect.
(c) Those who don't recycle.
(d) Those who pride themselves for their good looks.

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

9. Why would people not take Tan's mother seriously in "Mother Tongue"?
(a) She was illiterate.
(b) She was really obese.
(c) She had a lazy eye.
(d) She spoke broken English.

10. What is the ultimate solution to the type of death discussed in "Heaven and Nature"?
(a) Love.
(b) Money.
(c) Sex.
(d) A house.

11. Pertaining to "Spring," what is Ehrlich recovering from?
(a) Leukemia.
(b) Bronchitis.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Lyme disease.

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

13. What gift did McPhee's mom give him?
(a) A cute outfit with fire trucks on them.
(b) A silk parachute.
(c) A toy airplane.
(d) A toy firetruck.

14. What happened to the boy Ehrlich referred to in her essay, "Spring"?
(a) He died from cancer.
(b) He moved away to another town.
(c) He committed suicide.
(d) He died in a car accident.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Gates and his community cheaply straighten their hair?

2. How does Accawi feel about his village becoming a global community?

3. What does Hoagland's friend say about the number of suicides committed by men in "Heaven and Nature"?

4. Where does the pilot die in "The Stunt Pilot"?

5. What was one of the problems Fadiman mentions about 19th century postage in "Mail"?

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