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

2. Who does Komunyakaa become close with where he works?
(a) Fred and Laura.
(b) Frank.
(c) Lily.
(d) Frank and Lily.

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

4. What does Grealy realize oppressed her all her life?
(a) Doctors telling her she would never look normal.
(b) Her disfigurement.
(c) The anxiety over her appearance.
(d) Not being able to get her driver's license.

5. What does Sanders say about a tool verses a machine in "The Inheritance of Tools'?
(a) A tool relies heavily on the person who yields it.
(b) A machine does more efficient work than a tool.
(c) A tool is easier to use than a machine.
(d) A tool is cheaper than a machine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tan realize after becoming a renowned writer in "Mother Tongue"?

2. In "Turning Point," what is the interviewee's primary purpose for performing?

3. What thought does the stunt pilot know was possible, but never bothered him in "The Stunt Pilot"?

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

5. What is Fadiman reflecting on in "Mail"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe the benefits of the penny post in the essay "Mail."

6. Why was McPhee thinking of his mother in the "Silk Parachute"?

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

8. What happened to Rahm in "The Stunt Pilot"?

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

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

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