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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. How is time or age measured in Accawi's village?

2. Pertaining to "Mirrorings," where do Lucy Grealy's doctors find a tumor?

3. What did Sanders inherit in "The Inheritance of Tools"?

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

5. What does Frazier NOT mention creeping its way into idleness in "A Lovely Sort of Lower Purpose"?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "The Turning Point," describe Petit's desire to make tight roping an art form.

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

3. What importance does Gates see in one's hairstyle, particularly with blacks in "In the Kitchen"?

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

5. Describe what Frazier did with his friends as a child in the essay, "A Lovely Sort of Lower Purpose."

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

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

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

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

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

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

Discuss Muhammad Ali and Fidel Castro's importance as two world wide icons. According to "Ali in Havana" why was it destined for the two to meet?

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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