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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 was the hope of incorporating the new postage system called "penny post" in "Mail"?
(a) To increase revenue and lower the cost .
(b) It would be faster.
(c) It would decrease the revenue and mail would eventually die out .
(d) Everyone has pennies, so everyone could mail something.

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

4. What issue is Frazier discussing about the modern world in the essay "A Lovely Sort of Lower Purpose"?
(a) The need to eat all organic foods.
(b) Our need to make more money.
(c) Our inability to be idle.
(d) Our obsession with technology.

5. Which female wants to define herself by what she did and how she treated others from the essay "Hair"?
(a) Aldrich.
(b) Her youngest sister.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Aldrich's older sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what two locations does the interviewee in "Turning Point" perform?

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

3. What does Grealy boycott?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Hoagland say is the one thing that can prevent suicide?

3. What does Accawi think about his village becoming a global community in "The Telephone"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What importance does Gates see in one's hairstyle, particularly with blacks in "In the Kitchen"?

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