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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Ehrlich mention rejecting when she was younger in "Spring"?
(a) Brent.
(b) Joe.
(c) Joel.
(d) Matthew.

2. What type of love does Hoagland say is enough to make a man happy in "Heaven and Nature"?
(a) A mother's love.
(b) Simply loving the world.
(c) Love from God.
(d) A romantic relationship.

3. What new thing happened to Frazier and his friends as they grew up in "A Lovely Sort of Lower Purpose"?
(a) They all grew apart and weren't friends anymore.
(b) They started to like girls.
(c) They realized being lazy was what they should do for a living.
(d) They began to feel guilty when they were not being productive.

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

5. What does the interviewee in "Turning Point" do?
(a) Conduct the Atlanta Symphony.
(b) Tight rope walker.
(c) Jump ropist.
(d) Mayor of NYC.

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

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

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

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

10. Which female wants to define herself by what she did and how she treated others from the essay "Hair"?
(a) Aldrich's older sister.
(b) Her youngest sister.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Aldrich.

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

12. Pertaining to "Westbury Court," with what is Danticat struggling?
(a) Nuances and inconsistences of childhood memories.
(b) His mom.
(c) His first kiss.
(d) Friends at school.

13. What is Hoagland reflecting on in the essay "Heaven and Nature"?
(a) Suicide and its pyschological inspiration.
(b) His second divorce.
(c) His childhood.
(d) His wife's miscarraige.

14. What does Maria compare Komunyakaa to?
(a) A man who leaves a woman after he gets what he wanted from her.
(b) A wise owl.
(c) The wind, that moves in nomadic directions.
(d) A grumpy mechanic.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What were hair "kinks" a symbol of in Gate's essay, "In the Kitchen"?

2. What two things does Fadiman compare in "Mail"?

3. What does Tan realize after becoming a renowned writer in "Mother Tongue"?

4. Where does Gates go when he leaves America?

5. What does Fadiman think about electronic mail in "Mail"?

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