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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 "The Telephone" where did Anwar Accawi grow up?

2. Pertaining to the "The Inheritance of Tools," who is Sanders thinking of?

3. What does Fadiman think about electronic mail in "Mail"?

4. Pertaining to "Hair" what does Aldrich associate hair to?

5. What did McPhee notice about his childhood gift?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Grealy respond to pain in the essay "Mirrorings"?

3. Why does Sanders place such importance on tools in the essay, "The Inheritance of Tools"?

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

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

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

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

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

9. How is the style of historical references to time related to the closeness of Accawi's village?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the purpose of the female and male bodies according to "The Disposable Rocket." Do you agree with Updike's opinion of the two genders?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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".

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