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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Pertaining to "In the Kitchen," what is Gates reflecting on?
(a) Black athletes.
(b) His childhood home.
(c) His mother's cooking.
(d) Black hairstyles.

2. Who has the worst hair of Aldrich's family?
(a) Her older sister.
(b) Aldrich.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Aldrich's youngest sister.

3. Pertaining to "The Telephone" where did Anwar Accawi grow up?
(a) Georgia.
(b) A small town in Jordan.
(c) Europe.
(d) A town in Arizona.

4. Why does Grealy end her boycott?
(a) She is asked on a date.
(b) She is asked to be a model.
(c) She has another surgery.
(d) A boy she has lunch with is not disgusted by her.

5. Why does Cofer's family move to New York City?
(a) They were restationed in the Army.
(b) To have a better life.
(c) So Cofer's brother could play baseball.
(d) They were running from the country's government.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Grealy realize oppressed her all her life?

2. At what two locations does the interviewee in "Turning Point" perform?

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

4. Who chastises Komunyakaa for keeping his reasoning for leaving a secret?

5. What does Fadiman think about electronic mail in "Mail"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain McPhee's connection to the parachute from the "Silk Parachute."

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

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

4. Do you find truth with McClanahan's essay of the woman writing in the margin and their mutual emotions?

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

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

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

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

9. How does Grealy respond to pain in the essay "Mirrorings"?

10. How is the style of historical references to time related to the closeness of Accawi's village?

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