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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Accawi's village become part of the global community?
(a) The telephone.
(b) The internet.
(c) Electricity.
(d) Central air conditioning.

2. What does Frazier think of recreation for adults in his essay "A Lovely Sort of Lower Purpose"?
(a) They are too old for tackle football.
(b) They should be allowed a certain amount of time to recreate per week.
(c) It is always goal oriented.
(d) There is not enough time to recreate with friends.

3. What does Grealy feel she was being praised for during her battle with chemotherapy?.
(a) Hiding the pain.
(b) Being brave.
(c) Surviving the treatment.
(d) Her positive attutude.

4. What does Fadiman think about electronic mail in "Mail"?
(a) She is horrified that people are forgo grammar and using abbreviations.
(b) She loves how fast it is.
(c) She dreads the invention of the next mail system .
(d) She wishes she had a computer so she could use it .

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Gates go when he leaves America?

3. In Mother Tongue, who always made sense to Tan, even if the speech was grammatically incorrect?

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

5. What is the real problem with Ofri's patient in "Merced"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Do you find truth with McClanahan's essay of the woman writing in the margin and their mutual emotions?

2. Why does Sanders place such importance on tools in the essay, "The Inheritance of Tools"?

3. Describe Cofer's father from "Silent Dancing."

4. What does Petit say about the Twin Towers in "The Turning Point"?

5. How does Grealy respond to pain in the essay "Mirrorings"?

6. In "Mirrorings," why does Grealy realize she has had anxiety over her disfigurement?

7. Explain McPhee's connection to the parachute from the "Silk Parachute."

8. Why do people discriminate against Tan's mother in "Mother Tongue"?

9. Describe Aldrich's mother from the essay "Hair."

10. If you were Cofer, would you want to have the comfort of having a small neighborhood full of people from your native country?

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