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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 is Updike comparing in "The Disposable Rocket"?
(a) Male bodies to female bodies.
(b) Cats and dogs.
(c) Texas barbeque and Memphis barbeque.
(d) Ice creams.

2. What ethical system is Singer addressing in "The Singer Solution to World Poverty"?
(a) Progressive.
(b) Transcendentalism.
(c) Pragmatic.
(d) Utilitarianism .

3. What happened to Johnny's assailant in "Who Shot Johnny?"?
(a) He was shot and killed.
(b) He is in jail.
(c) He got three girls pregnant.
(d) He was never caught.

4. What issue is Berry criticizing in "In Distrust of Movements"?
(a) The way we eat.
(b) The way American's see environmental problems.
(c) The way people drive.
(d) The way we recycle.

5. Who admired Castro, according to Talese in "Ali in Havana"?
(a) Muhummud Ali.
(b) Mike Tyson.
(c) Conservatives.
(d) Liberals.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of art is the Quechan horse in "The Stone Horse"?

2. What example does Conroy give about a person's realization or application to something in "Think About It"?

3. What happened to Dickerson's nephew Johnny in "Who Shot Johnny?"?

4. What was Kincaid taught to think in "On Seeing England for the First Time"?

5. What adjective would NOT be best used to describe a utilitarian person in "The Singer Solution to World Poverty"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain why Muhammad Ali was a world icon in the essay "Ali in Havana."

2. Describe Oates thoughts on the difference of a house and a home in the essay, "They All Just Went Away,."

3. What does Steele say about her black identity in the essay, "On Being Black and Middle Class"?

4. What event happened that made Americans want to return to that slumber of isolation in "Who We Are"?

5. What does Dickerson say about Johnny's assailant in "Who Shot Johnny?"

6. Describe what Queenan thinks about American universities in "Matriculation Fixation"."

7. What does Convoy finally accept at the end of his essay "Think About It"?

8. Describe Hodgman's response to the different foods she tastes in "No Wonder They Call Me a Bitch,"

9. How does Halberstam see America responding to war in the essay "Who We Are"?

10. Why did Till's mother want his coffin to remain open in the essay "Exquisite Corpse"?

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