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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Aldrich think is achieved when manifesting the perfect hairstyle?
(a) Completing an incomplete soul.
(b) Jealousy or envy of others.
(c) The perfect husband.
(d) Self confidence.

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

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

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

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

6. What seemed to divide most households in Cofer's neighborhood?
(a) The desire to be assimilated into a white culture.
(b) Who got the remote control for the TV.
(c) The desire to be back in their homeland.
(d) Who had to do the dishes at night.

7. Why does Sanders begin a new carpentry project in "The Inheritance of Tools"?
(a) To be close to his dad spiritually.
(b) To show is son what he used to do in his free time.
(c) To get money for the project.
(d) His dad told him to finish what he started.

8. 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's older sister .
(c) Rhonda.
(d) Aldrich.

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

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

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

12. In "Turning Point," what is the interviewee's primary purpose for performing?
(a) To raise money to create his own company.
(b) To expand the boundaries of art.
(c) To bring recognition to this art.
(d) To scare people.

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

14. Which of the following does Aldrich not mention about her mother's concerns for her hair?
(a) Curling.
(b) Washing and drying.
(c) Cutting.
(d) Dying .

15. Pertaining to "Turning Point," who does Chelminski interview?
(a) Philippe Petit.
(b) Sean Penn.
(c) Madonna.
(d) James Joyce.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the lady in "Westbury Court" doing when the firemen come inside her apartment?

2. Where is the doctor from who has success on helping Grealy's disfigurement?

3. What does the interviewee in "Turning point" want people to remember about the Twin Towers?

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

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

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