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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. What does Cofer NOT mention being in Little Puerto Rico?
(a) Puerto Rican restaurants.
(b) People that identity with their culture.
(c) Grocery stores with Puerto Rican food.
(d) Speaking the same language.

2. When McClanahan's husband leaves her, what does she do?
(a) Runs after his car and trips.
(b) Moves to Europe.
(c) Burns all of their pictures.
(d) Attempts suicide.

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

4. Why is Tan's way of developing her English language unusual in the work, "Mother Tongue"?
(a) She learned to speak different forms in different contexts.
(b) She went to a Chinese school, but their English program was great.
(c) Her mother taught her.
(d) She stayed after school and worked with her teacher.

5. How do Gates and his community cheaply straighten their hair?
(a) By using an iron.
(b) By putting grease on it and keeping a stocking or rag on their head for a few days.
(c) They combed it over and over each night.
(d) They had straightening parties and all helped each other.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aldrich think is achieved when manifesting the perfect hairstyle?

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

3. What does McClanahan se from the margins of the previous reader?

4. Who seems to be the previous library book reader of "Book Marks"?

5. What was McPhee fascinated by as a child?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "The Blue Machinery," why does Komunyakaa not tell his co-workers that he is going to graduate school in the fall?

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

3. What does Sanders think about tools verses machines in "The Inheritance of Tools"?

4. What happened to Rahm in "The Stunt Pilot"?

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

6. What fascinates Ehrlich in the essay "Spring"?

7. What does Frazier say about adults and their inability to be idle in his essay, "A Lovely Sort of Lower Purpose"?

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

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

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

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