Maya Lin: Architect of Memory

Which statement best describes

Maya Lin?

• She enjoys crowds.

• She focuses on making art

  for children.

• She hopes to be praised for

  her work.

• She likes to solve problems.

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What is the main idea of this

article?

• Maya Lin uses mathematics

  to help her create art,

  designs, and memorials.

• Maya Lin is a gifted artist

  who uses quotes from

  Martin Luther King to help

  her create her work.

• Maya Lin appreciates

  learning and tries to read as

  many books on her subjects

  as she can.

• Maya Lin is a talented

  architect who takes the time

  to learn about her subjects

  in order to create her art.

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Which detail from the article

supports the idea that Maya

Lin appreciates learning about

history?

• "You create your own

  message, and then it is out

  there on its own.”

• She sent in the winning

  design for the Vietnam

  Veterans Memorial in

  Washington, D.C.

• Too young to remember

  the civil rights movement

  firsthand, Lin researched it

  for months while working

  on the design for the Civil

  Rights Memorial.

• “I’m trying to make people

  become involved with the

  piece on all levels,” Lin said,

  “with the touch and sound

  of the water, with the words,

  with the memories.”

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When veterans first saw the

Vietnam Veterans Memorial, they

were —

• glad they were being

  recognized

• angry with the monument’s

  appearance

• grateful for Maya Lin’s hard

  work

• surprised that so many

  people went to see it

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Which of Maya Lin’s projects

includes a 12-foot granite disk

covered by water?

• The park at Charlotte

  Coliseum

• Vietnam Veterans Memorial

• The clock for a New York

  City train station

• Civil Rights Memorial

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At the Civil Rights Memorial,

visitors can read a quotation from

a speech by —

• Maya Lin

• Willie Edwards, Jr.

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Sarah Salter

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Read this sentence from the

article.

Lin’s Vietnam Memorial does

not present any artifacts of the

Vietnam era.

What does the word artifacts

mean?

• Objects from a certain place

  and time

• Marble statues

• Carvings in wood

• Paintings created with a

  special type of paint

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Read this sentence from the

article.

Too young to remember the civil

rights movement firsthand, Lin

researched it for months while

working on the design for the

Civil Rights Memorial.

Which word from this sentence

suggests something that happened

in the past?

• Firsthand

• Movement

• Researched

• Working

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Read this sentence from the

article.

Lin’s message can be found in

the memorial’s exhibits.

Which word means about the

same as exhibits?

• Visitors

• Artwork

• Displays

• Granite

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How does mathematics help Maya Lin as an architect? Explain your answer and support it with details from the article.

• It helped her build.

• There are a lot of calculations and math involved in architecture. Lin was a good math student,

  and it led her to architecture. Today she uses math to think about her work. She likes working on problems and

  tries to solve them right away. Math helps her build things.

• To be a great architect, you have to be good in math. Since Lin was a good math student, it

  helped her as an architect.