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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In “The United States Welcomes You,” the speaker questions the color of what?
(a) The person’s age.
(b) The person’s gender.
(c) The person’s religion.
(d) The person’s skin.

2. In “Eternity, Songzhuang Art Village," the speakers sees a photograph of a picture of who, looking off to what once must have seemed the future?
(a) Tolstoy.
(b) Dostoevsky.
(c) Tchaikovsky.
(d) Prokofiev.

3. In “Watershed,” what causes multiple deformities in animals and humans?
(a) PFOA.
(b) PMA.
(c) PPO.
(d) FFA.

4. In “Theatrical Improvisation,” what does the audience begin to sense?
(a) They are in a Broadway theater.
(b) They are part of the production.
(c) The cast has not rehearsed enough.
(d) This is a rehearsal, rather than a performance; the show is not even cast yet.

5. “Unrest in Baton Rouge,” is inspired by a photo by whom?
(a) Heather Huie.
(b) Jonathan Bateman.
(c) Jon Mulhern.
(d) Jonathan Bachman.

6. In “Watershed,” the speaker in italics feels him or herself being pulled up through what?
(a) The ground.
(b) The center of the earth.
(c) The many floors of the hospital up to the sky.
(d) The attic.

7. In “Eternity,” the speaker asks what the soul is allowed to do?
(a) Remove.
(b) Destroy.
(c) Take with it.
(d) Travel.

8. A comparison is made in "The Everlasting Self" of an old love to what?
(a) Fine threads in a coat.
(b) An aging barn.
(c) Mud a dog has tracked in.
(d) Old photographs.

9. How does "An Old Story" end?
(a) Hopeful.
(b) Anxious.
(c) Sad.
(d) Angry.

10. "The Everlasting Self" is about one coming in from where?
(a) Outside.
(b) The car.
(c) The rain.
(d) The snow.

11. In “Eternity, Mutianyu, Great Wall," the speaker describes the grabbing of the wall by whom?
(a) A soldier.
(b) A tourist who has tripped.
(c) A young child.
(d) An elderly woman.

12. In “Theatrical Improvisation,” a person says they were dragged and what else?
(a) Burned.
(b) Jeered at.
(c) Beaten.
(d) Choked.

13. In "Urban Youth," the speaker remembers her home and her mother’s worry as her father and siblings teach her what?
(a) To dance.
(b) To garden.
(c) To play ball.
(d) To ride a bike.

14. In “Watershed,” what is a pipe dispensing?
(a) Green liquid.
(b) Black tar.
(c) Clean water.
(d) Brown goo.

15. In “New Road Station,” what is history?
(a) All answers are correct.
(b) The voice on the radio.
(c) A bus that is about to take off.
(d) Asleep in a tomb or in a bomb.

Short Answer Questions

1. In “Watershed,” the speaker describes the poor choices made by whom, including keeping the chemical leak secret?

2. In "An Old Story," the speaker says that they were told what would be horrible?

3. In "In Your Condition," the speaker hikes up a hill to take photos, much like she did the year before, but only does it for what reason?

4. In “Theatrical Improvisation,” an actor describes how they were given paper to draw what?

5. In “Watershed,” what does the speaker first describe?

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