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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 happens to change Ofri's state of being in "Merced"?
(a) Her patient comes in completely cured.
(b) Her patient changes doctors because Ofri misdiagnosed her.
(c) Her patient dies at home.
(d) Her patient becomes brain dead and will not survive another week.

2. Why does Grealy end her boycott?
(a) A boy she has lunch with is not disgusted by her.
(b) She has another surgery.
(c) She is asked on a date.
(d) She is asked to be a model.

3. What feeling does Frazier seem to take about society's lack of idleness in "A Lovely Sort of Lower Purpose"?
(a) It is tragic.
(b) He is hopeful.
(c) He doesn't care either way.
(d) It is maddening.

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

5. What was one of the problems Fadiman mentions about 19th century postage in "Mail"?
(a) It took too long to send mail.
(b) No one used street addresses.
(c) It was too expensive to send anything.
(d) The recipient, not the sender had to pay for the postage.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Accawi's village become part of the global community?

3. Pertaining to "Turning Point," who does Chelminski interview?

4. Who does Hoagland surprisingly mention dying by a specific way of death in "Heaven and Nature"?

5. When does the lady in the apartment down the hall in "Westbury Court" realize that there is a fire?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Tan learn English in "Mother Tongue"?

2. Why do you think McClanahan was so willing to ignore her husband's infidelities from the essay "Book Marks"? What acts of hers show it?

3. Describe what Frazier did with his friends as a child in the essay, "A Lovely Sort of Lower Purpose."

4. Why was McPhee thinking of his mother in the "Silk Parachute"?

5. What does Ofri seem to be most concerned with in the essay "Merced"?

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

7. Do you agree with Maria's analogy of Komunyakaa from "The Blue Machinery"?

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

9. What does Hoagland say about those who commit suicide in the essay "Heaven and Nature"?

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

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