Montreal 1962

Which statement describes the main theme of the short story?

• Moving to a new place creates exciting new opportunities.

• It is important to hold onto who you are when you are in a new place.

• Housework is time-consuming and keeps women from living their dreams.

• Moving away from your family means that you will lose your connection with them.

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What impact does paragraph 16 have on the mood of the story?

• It creates a proud and defiant mood.

• It creates a sorrowful and desperate mood.

• It shifts the mood from angry to lighthearted.

• .t shifts the mood from lighthearted to angry.

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What connection does the narrator draw between the turbans and her family?

• Washing the turbans makes the narrator realize that she is forgetting about her family.

• Washing the turbans makes the narrator angry that women in her family must do

  housework.

• Washing the turbans makes the narrator think about traditions as part of her family's future.

• Washing the turbans makes the narrator realize she never learned all of her family's

  traditions.

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Which detail best supports the idea that keeping one's cultural connection is worth the sacrifice?

• "And they talked about freedom and opportunity for those lucky enough to already

  speak English." (Paragraph 2)

• "In the middle of the well-worn carpet I draped the turbans over the tops the way Gidda dancers wear their chunnis pinned tight in the centre parting of their hair."

  (Paragraph 12)

• "One by one, I held them to me, folding in their defiance, hushing their unruly

  indignation, gentling them into temporary submission." (Paragraph 15)

• My hands will tie a turban everyday upon your head and work so we can keep it

  there." (Paragraph 21)

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The narrator's husband is expected to...

• change himself to get a job.

• leave the country they've moved to.

• must learn how to speak perfect English.

• work seven days a week for half pay.

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Why does the narrator wash the sari and turbans herself?

• The dry cleaner refused to take them.

• She has to do all the housework.

• Husband prefers that she wash them all by hand.

• The dry cleaner did not handle the sari with respect.

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What does the narrator decide after washing and tying the turban?

• She is going to cut her husband's hair.

• She will make a compromise to fit in.

• She won't let her husband change himself in this new country.

• She will not tell her children about these struggles.

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