In the Year 1974

The author’s father does not eat “other people’s” foods mainly because _____________

• he feels that each culture should stick to its own foods

• he isn’t aware of other types of food

• he doesn’t enjoy eating very much

• he doesn’t like using chopsticks

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The following detail in paragraph 5 mainly supports the idea that the author-

Then we rode the elevator all the way up to the top of the UT Tower, and I felt my ears pop for the first time.

• was lacking experience in many common things

• enjoyed riding elevators

• was amazed at the height of the UT Tower building

• had never been on an elevator before

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What is most likely the meaning of souvenir as it is used in the following passage -

Rolando came along the night we played putt-putt. He beat all of us because he knew how to hit his ball so it would go under the windmill just right. When we finished playing, he asked me if I wanted a souvenir. I said yes, thinking he was going to buy me a T-shirt at the front booth. But instead, he took my putter and tossed it over the fence, into some hedges. Then we all walked out, and Rolando grabbed the putter for me. “There’s your souvenir,” he said.

• a golf club

• a weapon used to defend yourself

• an item taken to remember an event

• a calculator

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The author is amazed by the pizza in the following passage mainly because .-

A few minutes later the waitress brought out a steaming pizza and placed it in front of us. None of it seemed real: the triangle shape of my slice, the perfectly round pepperonis, the doughy end crust, the gooey melted cheese. It was as though I’d crossed into another world, one my parents never knew existed. I was still several years away from leaving Brownsville, but in that moment I felt as far from home as I ever would.

• it is fresh out of the oven

• he thinks it is too big for the four of them to eat

• It tasted better than anything he had eaten before

• it was unlike anything he had ever seen

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The author of the essay is excited to introduce pizza to his parents most likely because

• he doesn’t like the food his parents typically cook for him

• he wants to show his parents that he is becoming more mature and independent

• he wants to show his parents the most popular food in Austin

• he thinks his parents are setting a bad example by avoiding new foods and experiences

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The author of the essay continues to eat pizza as he grows older mainly because _____________

• pizza is his favorite food

• It represents discovery and adventure to him

• it is the easiest food to find on New Year’s Eve

• he has become more like his father, and refuses to try new things

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