Anna Quindlen's "A Quilt of a Country"

According to Quindlen, "slavery and sweatshops, the burning of crosses" illustrate America's

• achievements.

• beginnings.

• prejudices.

• principles.

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What are America's two "defining ideals" that are often in conflict?

• community and individualism

• diversity and tolerance

• ethnicity and community

• individualism and tolerance

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What point does Quindlen make by comparing present-day New York with Philadelphia in her father's time?

• Ethnic pride works against American unity.

• Ethnic conflict was not an issue in the past.

• Ethnic differences have always existed in America.

• Ethnic divisions have gotten much worse in the past 50 years.

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In lines 54-56, Quindlen says there was concern after the cold war that "the left side of the hyphen...would overwhelm the right." Which statement best summarizes this concern?

• Immigrants would lose their ethnic identity after they came to America

• Ethnic identity would become more important than national identity.

• No single ethnic group would form a clear majority of the population.

• Ethnic groups would strive to create their own separate nations.

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What conclusions do most Americans draw because of their "grudging fairness"?

• Ethnic groups should celebrate their cultures.

• America is no more special than any other nation.

• Americans are the hardest working people on earth.

• Today's immigrants are similar to earlier Americans.

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What do the people who died at the World Trade Center represent?

• New York's wealthiest people

• tourists visiting New York

• America's varied population

• the American middle class

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"A Quilt of a Country" is based on the idea that America is...

• The best country in the world
• harmonious
• improbable
• worse off after 9/11

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Quindlen uses the metaphor of a quilt to...

• illustrate how we are all very alike and can make patterns
• illustrate how our differences. when combined, created a uniquely beautiful pattern or whole
• show how quilt-making should be done
• show how we should all learn to be more alike so we can create a pattern

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Quindlen makes the point that ___________ has always been apart of the United States

• love
• immigration
• hate 
• fairness

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Quindlen includes the quote at the end of paragraph 7 in order to show that

• many immigrant families live in Ma-Pa stores.

• Ma-Pa stores are commonplace in many neighborhoods.

• all generations of immigrant families work seven days a week.

• trends among immigrant families repeat themselves each generation.

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