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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Pertaining to "Westbury Court," with what is Danticat struggling?

3. Pertaining to "The Telephone" where did Anwar Accawi grow up?

4. What does Ehrlich see violently shaking and jiggling beneath its surface in "Spring"?

5. What nationality is Tan in the essay "Mother Tongue"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. In "Westbury Court" why did the mother of the children not realize their was a fire?

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

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

9. Describe Dillard's perception of Rahm in "The Stunt Pilot".

10. Describe Aldrich's mother from the essay "Hair."

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Think about "Hair" by Marcia Aldrich. Do you agree or disagree that "hair, is like life--there is no need to be bound by the past because it can always be changed".

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Williams' reasons to denounce modern day hunting practices in "The Killing Game." How is her argument beneficial or not beneficial to humans?

Essay Topic 3

How do the motivations of Ofri and Tan differ from each other in "Merced" and "Mother Tongue." How are the two alike? How are they different?

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