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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 does Accawi feel about his village becoming a global community?
(a) He hates everything about it.
(b) He loves the progression his community is undergoing.
(c) He is nostalgic for his younger years.
(d) He thinks the village is on a search for a better life that they have yet to find.

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

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

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

5. What does Grealy look down on?
(a) Those who pride themselves on intellect.
(b) Those who never had cancer.
(c) Those who don't recycle.
(d) Those who pride themselves for their good looks.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Pertaining to "Hair" what does Aldrich associate hair to?

3. What does Ofri ultimately realize from her patient in "Merced"?

4. What does Tan realize after becoming a renowned writer in "Mother Tongue"?

5. What does Dillard compare the exhaust trail of the plane to in "The Stunt Pilot"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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 Cofer's father from "Silent Dancing."

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

5. What does Fadiman say about email in the essay "Mail"?

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

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

8. Do you think Ofri realizes she cannot have control over life or death in the essay "Merced"?

9. What does Ehrlich think about Joel in the essay "Spring"?

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

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