English 11 sem 1 wk 3 Independent Studies

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In the story, Growing up Asian in America, the author’s feelings of being “less than” and “alien” are grounded in: the strong connection that she has to her Japanese heritage, the fact that she looks different from black or white Americans., her parents’ strong work ethic and sense of community, questioning her status as a United States citizen.

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the fact that she looks different from black or white Americans.

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The shrine that the author visits is important to her because

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her family in Japan has been connected with it for generations

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the author reacts to her uncle’s anger with amusement and affection probably because she:

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feels glad her uncle does not fit the stereotype of being weak or passive

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Why does the author explain the relationship with the neighbor: “our neighbor is so much a part of our family that my mother never passes her house at night without glancing at the lights to see if she is home and safe”?

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to demonstrate that they are now an accepted part of the community

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When the author points out that her “mother is a woman who speaks with her life as much as with her tongue,” she means that:

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she communicates her values through the things she does

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The reader can infer that the author did not look to her own mother as a role model because she

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thought her mother was weak

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Who shuts the door in “The Soul selects her own Society”? Options: the chariots, her divine majority, an emperor, the soul

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the soul

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In the story, Against Nature, what did the author realize as she lay on the ground trying to slow her heart rate?

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Her sense of herself as separate from nature was an illusion.

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Which detail helps illustrate the author’s point that nature provides no link to spiritual truth? Options: “And the lovely blue isn’t even blue, is it? isn’t even there, is it?, “To keep in motion is to keep in time, and to be stopped, stilled, is to be abruptly out of time. . . .”, “Or, from another angle of vision, one vast democratic grave.”, “The raccoon, mad with rabies, frothing at the mouth and tearing at his own belly with his teeth....”

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“The raccoon, mad with rabies, frothing at the mouth and tearing at his own belly with his teeth....”

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What is autonomy?

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independence