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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. Pertaining to "Spring," what is Ehrlich recovering from?

2. What does Ofri originally think is the problem with her patient in "Merced?

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

4. What were hair "kinks" a symbol of in Gate's essay, "In the Kitchen"?

5. Who of Cofer's family members had problems assimilating into their new neighborhood?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Gates recall about Nat King Cole in "In the Kitchen"?

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

10. In "Mirrorings," why does Grealy realize she has had anxiety over her disfigurement?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the perception of female bodies to male bodies in "Heaven and Nature," by Edward Hoagland.

Essay Topic 2

Describe the antagonist of "A Lovely Sort of Lower Purpose" by Ian Frazier.

Essay Topic 3

In the essay, "They All Just Went Away" how is an abandoned house like a decaying corpse?

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