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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 "Westbury Court," with what is Danticat struggling?

2. What does the interviewee in "Turning Point" do?

3. What happened to the boy Ehrlich referred to in her essay, "Spring"?

4. Who does Ehrlich mention rejecting when she was younger in "Spring"?

5. What gift did McPhee's mom give him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. In "The Blue Machinery," why does Komunyakaa not tell his co-workers that he is going to graduate school in the fall?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

How do the motivations of Ofri and Tan differ from each other in "Merced" and "Mother Tongue." How are the two alike? How are they different?

Essay Topic 3

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

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