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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Frazier recall about his childhood in "A Lovely Sort of Lower Purpose"?
(a) Playing, exploring, and building all through the woods.
(b) Cutting down a tree.
(c) Camping and fishing.
(d) Making homemade biscuits.

2. In "The Stunt Piolot," why does Dillard's heart flutter?
(a) They were close to the mountains.
(b) She was falling in love.
(c) She thought he was handsome.
(d) The scenery from the sky was breathtaking.

3. How do Gates and his community cheaply straighten their hair?
(a) They combed it over and over each night.
(b) By putting grease on it and keeping a stocking or rag on their head for a few days.
(c) By using an iron.
(d) They had straightening parties and all helped each other.

4. What does Maria compare Komunyakaa to?
(a) The wind, that moves in nomadic directions.
(b) A grumpy mechanic.
(c) A wise owl.
(d) A man who leaves a woman after he gets what he wanted from her.

5. What does Hoagland's friend say about the number of suicides committed by men in "Heaven and Nature"?
(a) Men are goal oriented and cannot stand the feeling of failure, so it is an easy escape.
(b) That men are more passive in their emotions.
(c) That women usually don't have the means to kill themselves.
(d) That women are stronger than men.

6. Where is the doctor from who has success on helping Grealy's disfigurement?
(a) Scotland.
(b) Ireland.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) New York City.

7. What is the lady in "Westbury Court" doing when the firemen come inside her apartment?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Watching television.
(c) Taking a nap.
(d) Taking a shower.

8. What did McPhee notice about his childhood gift?
(a) That it was expensive.
(b) How heavy it was.
(c) The color.
(d) The elegant and steady way it always returned to him.

9. What was the hope of incorporating the new postage system called "penny post" in "Mail"?
(a) To increase revenue and lower the cost .
(b) It would decrease the revenue and mail would eventually die out .
(c) Everyone has pennies, so everyone could mail something.
(d) It would be faster.

10. Pertaining to "Book Marks" what parallel is McClanahan making to her own life story?
(a) Her mother's life.
(b) The direction of the wind.
(c) The underlinings in a library book, made by a previous reader.
(d) Her first daughter's life.

11. What thought does the stunt pilot know was possible, but never bothered him in "The Stunt Pilot"?
(a) That Dillard only wrote this story for work.
(b) That his mom hated the profession he chose.
(c) That he could die flying while performing his tricks.
(d) That Dillard loved Rahm.

12. What does Ehrlich see violently shaking and jiggling beneath its surface in "Spring"?
(a) The mountains.
(b) Still and peacefulness.
(c) Mount Rushmore.
(d) The ocean.

13. What ethnicity is Lily?
(a) Chinese.
(b) Japanese.
(c) Korean.
(d) Vietnamese.

14. Pertaining to "Spring," what is Ehrlich recovering from?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) Lyme disease.
(c) Bronchitis.
(d) Leukemia.

15. What does Grealy feel she was being praised for during her battle with chemotherapy?.
(a) Surviving the treatment.
(b) Her positive attutude.
(c) Being brave.
(d) Hiding the pain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Grealy end her boycott?

2. When does the lady in the apartment down the hall in "Westbury Court" realize that there is a fire?

3. In Mother Tongue, who always made sense to Tan, even if the speech was grammatically incorrect?

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

5. In "Westbury Court," who moves into the apartment down the hall after the lady and her children move out?

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