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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. Why does Grealy end her boycott?

2. What did McPhee notice about his childhood gift?

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

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

5. What is the ultimate solution to the type of death discussed in "Heaven and Nature"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What do you think Philip Petit from "Turning Point" would say to David Rahm from "The Stunt Pilot"? Consider the risks and artistry in each of their professions.

Essay Topic 2

"On Seeing England for the First Time" by Jamaica Kincaid discusses her relation of her nation's identity to England. Do you think your response to that superior country would be the same as Kincaid's or different? Explain.

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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