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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 Tan realize after becoming a renowned writer in "Mother Tongue"?

2. What two things does Fadiman compare in "Mail"?

3. What ethnicity is Lily?

4. What was one of the problems Fadiman mentions about 19th century postage in "Mail"?

5. What does Frazier recall about his childhood in "A Lovely Sort of Lower Purpose"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What seems to be Danticat's conflict in the essay "Westbury Court"?

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

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

5. Do you agree with Rhonda's view on hair from the essay "Hair"?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

List and describe the religious elements in Barry Lopez's "The Stone Horse."

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the tangible and intangible role of human existence in the essay "Spring" by Gretel Ehrlich. What and who does Ehrlich mention as she reflects the significance of humans?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the role that 'secrets' play in the essays, "The Blue Machinery of Summer" and "Book Marks."

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