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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the lady in "Westbury Court" doing when the firemen come inside her apartment?
(a) Taking a shower.
(b) Watching television.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Taking a nap.

2. 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) She watches an old home video.
(d) Her father died.

3. What two things does Fadiman compare in "Mail"?
(a) UPS to FedEx.
(b) Cats to dogs.
(c) Victorian postage to electronic email.
(d) Van Gogh to Matisse.

4. What does Komunyakaa not tell his co-workers?
(a) That he is an illegal citizen.
(b) That he has a terminal disease.
(c) That he is going to graduate school.
(d) That he is in love with their boss.

5. If lack of love is the reason for suicide, what does Hoagland suggest to those who know love?
(a) To give love to anyone they meet.
(b) To remember those moments forever.
(c) To reconsider how they live their life.
(d) Cherish it .

6. Who does Adlrich recall being obsessed with their hair?
(a) Herself.
(b) Her older sister.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her best friend.

7. Why is this gift special to Sanders in "The Inheritance of Tools"?
(a) He learned his skills right next to his dad with them.
(b) They built his first house.
(c) He likes antiques.
(d) They make him a man.

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

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

10. Pertaining to "The Telephone" where did Anwar Accawi grow up?
(a) A small town in Jordan.
(b) Georgia.
(c) A town in Arizona.
(d) Europe.

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

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

13. Who chastises Komunyakaa for keeping his reasoning for leaving a secret?
(a) Frank.
(b) Maria.
(c) No one.
(d) Lily.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Grealy boycott?

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

3. In "The Stunt Piolot," why does Dillard's heart flutter?

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

5. Why would people not take Tan's mother seriously in "Mother Tongue"?

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