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Writing Workshop: Comparing Texts — Unit test Answers

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"Well, I'm glad you understand. I hope I'll be seeing you at Mass this week—we missed you last Sunday. See if you can get old Teofilo to come with you." The priest smiled and waved at them as they drove away.
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Leon walked toward the old man's bed. The red plaid shawl had been shaken and spread carefully over the bed, and a new brown flannel shirt and pair of stiff new Levi's were arranged neatly beside the pillow.
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It was noontime now because the church bells rang the Angelus. They ate the beans with hot bread, and nobody said anything until after Teresa poured the coffee.
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Leon turned to look up at the high blue mountains in the deep snow that reflected a faint red light from the west. He felt good because it was finished, and he was happy about the sprinkling of the holy water; now the old man could send them big thunderclouds for sure.
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Which best summarizes one central idea of the passage from "Mother Tongue"?

A
The way a person speaks English is nobody’s business but family members.
B
The way a person speaks English is not noticed by business professionals.
C
The way a person speaks English is not a good measure of intellectual ability.
D
The way a person speaks English is the best criteria for a career choice.
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Read the excerpt from “Take the Tortillas Out of Your Poetry.”For me, reading has always been a path toward liberation and fulfillment. To learn to read is to start down the road of liberation, a road which should be accessible to everyone. No one has the right to keep you from reading, and yet that is what is happening in many areas in this country today. There are those who think they know best what we should read. These censors are at work in all areas of our daily lives.Which type of rhetoric is used most in this excerpt to convince readers that censors have unjust motives?

A
an appeal to emotion
B
an appeal to ethics
C
an appeal to the author’s character
D
an appeal to logic
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Read the excerpt from “In Response to Executive Order 9066.”I have always felt funny using chopsticksand my favorite food is hot dogs. Read the excerpt from “Mericans.” Ladies don’t come to church dressed in pants. And everybody knows men aren’t supposed to wear shorts.Which best describes the common idea in the excerpts?

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Both refer to the speaker’s sense of loss.
B
Both have a tone of disapproval.
C
Both reference American stereotypes.
D
Both suggest imminent change.
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Lourdes buys a round box of sticky dates and considers the centuries of fratricide converging on this street corner in Brooklyn. She ponders the transmigrations from the southern latitudes, the millions moving north.

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relating the sentence to personal experience
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slowing down to break up the long sentence
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looking up unfamiliar words in the sentence
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reading the sentence out loud to himself
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Read the excerpt from Cristina Garcia’s Dreaming in Cuban.If it were up to me, I’d record other things. Like the time there was a freak hailstorm in the Congo and the women took it as a sign that they should rule . . . Why don’t I know anything about them? Who chooses what we should know or what’s important? I know I have to decide these things for myself. Most of what I’ve learned that’s important I’ve learned on my own, or from my grandmother.What does the excerpt reveal about Cristina Garcia?

A
Her background in journalism has made the writing of realistic fiction more difficult for her.
B
Her background in journalism has helped her research and use realistic details in her fiction.
C
Her background in journalism has prevented her from using magic realism in her fiction.
D
Her background in journalism has caused her to become an efficient and thorough editor.
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Read the excerpt from “In Response to Executive Order 9066.”If it helps any, I will tell youI have always felt funny using chopsticksand my favorite food is hot dogs.Read the excerpt from “Mericans.” We cannot spend our allowance on fried cookies or Familia Burrón comic books or those clear cone-shaped suckers that make everything look like a rainbow when you look through them.Which theme best describes the two excerpts?

A
Traditional foods do not bring families together.
B
Sharing special foods with family is an American tradition.
C
Young people frequently resist trying foods of cultures different than their own.
D
Culture is frequently linked to traditional foods.
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Which complex narrative structure is underutilized by Cristina Garcia in Dreaming in Cuban?

A
the attention given to presenting the work as fiction
B
the use of unconventional textual features
C
the representation of several narrators
D
the manipulation of the chronological order of events
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Her name is Minnie French but she’s weirdly old-looking for a young person. Maybe it’s her name or the three shopping bags of food she has under her seat.
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I stared at them, tried to make them go away. I remember thinking, Okay, I’ll start with their hair, make it fall out strand by strand. They always left wearing kerchiefs to cover their bald patches.
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There were beef cattle and dairy cows, horses, pigs, goats, and lambs. Dad fed them molasses to fatten them, and gave the chickens corn and sorghum until they laid vermilion eggs, rich with vitamins.
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Our house is on a cement plot near the East River. At night, especially in the summer when the sound carries, I hear the low whistles of the ships as they leave New York harbor.
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Draya is a student who does not understand the following sentence from Dreaming in Cuban.She reads the newspapers page by page for leftist conspiracies, jams her finger against imagined evidence and says, “See. What did I tell you?”Which previous segment should Draya reread to make the excerpt easier to understand?

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I take all my money out of the bank, $120, money I earned slaving away at my mother’s bakery, and buy a one-way bus ticket to Miami.
B
Mom tried to pull me away but I clung to the Abuela and screamed at the top of my lungs.
C
I was only two years old when I left Cuba but I remember everything that’s happened to me since I was a baby, even word-for-word conversations.
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Mom says “Communist” the way some people says “cancer,” low and fierce. ✓ Correct
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Read the excerpt from “Take the Tortillas Out of Your Poetry.”In other cases, the censoring has been direct and brutal. On February 28, 1981 the morning newspaper carried a story about the burning of my novel, Bless Me, Ultima. The book was banned from high school classes in Bloomfield, New Mexico, and a school board member was quoted as saying: “We took the books out and personally saw that they were burned.”Which best describes the rhetorical appeal used to illustrate the destructive nature of censorship?

A
factual evidence is used to appeal to the reader’s sense of logic
B
a painful event is described to appeal to the reader’s sympathy
C
the author’s novel is referenced to appeal to his credibility as a writer
D
a strong opinion is presented to appeal to the reader’s anger
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Read the excerpt from Leslie Marmon Silko’s story "The Man to Send Rain Clouds."The priest stared down at his scuffed brown loafers and the worn hem of his cassock. “For a Christian burial it was necessary.”His voice was distant, and Leon thought that his blue eyes looked tired.“It's O.K., Father, we just want him to have plenty of water.”The priest sank down into the green chair and picked up a glossy missionary magazine. He turned the colored pages full of lepers and pagans without looking at them.“You know I can't do that, Leon. There should have been the Last Rites and a funeral Mass at the very least.”Leon put on his green cap and pulled the flaps down over his ears. “It's getting late, Father. I've got to go.”Which statement best describes the thematic significance of this dialogue?

A
This dialogue emphasizes the ongoing personal conflict between Leon and Father Paul.
B
This conversation between Leon and Father Paul makes it clear that they will never come to an agreement.
C
Leon’s and Father Paul’s differing perspectives of the situation reflect their larger cultural conflicts.
D
Leon’s hasty exit from Father Paul’s house reflects his discomfort with the priest and Christianity.
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Read the sentence. Micaela says something about her grandmother’s feelings toward the United States, which are the opposite of the girl’s view.Which is the best revision of this sentence using academic vocabulary?

A
Micaela talks about her grandmother’s feelings toward the United States, which are the reverse of the narrator’s view.
B
Micaela speaks about her grandmother not liking the United States, which is not the same as the narrator’s view.
C
Micaela refers to her grandmother’s feelings toward the United States, which contrast with her own views.
D
Micaela describes her grandmother’s dislike of the United States, which is different than what the girl feels.
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His fingers were stiff, and it took him a long time to twist the lid off the holy water. Drops of water fell on the red blanket and soaked into dark icy spots. He sprinkled the grave and the water disappeared almost before it touched the dim, cold sand; it reminded him of something—he tried to remember what it was, because he thought if he could remember he might understand this. He sprinkled more water; he shook the container until it was empty, and the water fell through the light from sundown like August rain that fell while the sun was still shining, almost evaporating before it touched the wilted squash flowers.

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The priest hopes that the holy water will provide the Pueblo people with the water they need.
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The Pueblo people embrace Christianity as the holy water is sprinkled on Teofilo’s grave.
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The holy water becomes a symbol of Pueblo traditions and loses its significance as a Christian symbol.
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The holy water is important to both the priest and Leon, but it is important for different reasons.
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Which best summarizes one central idea of the passage from "Mother Tongue"?

A
The expression of experience through language is more powerful when different forms of English are accepted.
B
Only someone with a strong background in standard English can express ideas in interesting ways.
C
Only someone with a strong background in different forms of English can truly be an expert on the English language.
D
The expression of experience through language is more powerful when only the standard form of English is accepted.

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