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Read the excerpt from "In Response to Executive Order 9066". I am a fourteen-year-old girl with bad spelling and a messy room. If it helps any, I will tell you I have always felt funny using chopsticks and my favorite food is hot dogs. Why does Okita include this description of the speaker?

A
to highlight the fact that the speaker is no different from any other average American girl
B
to call attention to the tear in the narrator’s relationship with her best friend
C
to accentuate the social injustice of Japanese Americans being interned
D
to emphasize the cultural differences between Japanese Americans and other Americans
47

Read the excerpt from A Man's World . FRITZ: Oh—but de talk—de talk—I can't stand it for you. When you go out like dis people don't believe it is for your work. They say you have a lover—they say he writes your books. FRANK: That's very flattering. It means that they think they are too good for a woman to do. Which best describes why this excerpt is ironic?

A
Fritz feels that Frank should not go out alone, but Frank does not seem to care what other people think.
B
Frank should be insulted that people say that a man writes her books, but she actually views it as a compliment.
C
Frank actually has a man who writes her books, but she denies this fact because she does not want people to know.
D
Fritz warns Frank that people will question why she is going out alone at night, but it is actually Fritz himself who does not want her to go.
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Which excerpt from A Man's World contains a stage direction?

A
FRITZ: You are tired to-night, Yah? Un?
B
FRANK: Now—now—Fritzie—if you get fidgety—
C
FRITZ : (Sitting at L. of desk.) No—but you—
D
FRANK: Kiddie will be the end of everything for me.
50

In part two of Trifles , which of the following is an example of dramatic irony?

A
Mrs. Peters talks about how she knows what loneliness feels like, but Mrs. Hale interrupts her before she can finish.
B
The men in the story do not find any evidence outside in the barn, so they decide to search upstairs again.
C
The audience knows Mrs. Hale has the dead bird in her coat pocket, but the men in the story do not.
D
Mrs. Hale feels guilty about not visiting Mrs. Wright, but Mrs. Peters reassures her that this is not her fault.

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