Unit 5 Review

What is the message of Emma Lazarus' The New Colossus?

• The relationship between immigrant parents and children can be challenging and full of conflict.

• America is a nation of immigrants and should help anyone who immigrates, especially those in need.

• Immigrants should not view their lives as temporary or else they will lack love and continuity.

• Children of immigrants successfully navigate their hyphenated identities by being a good example of both demographics.

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How does Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston reflect on her childhood?

• She writes about her mother's unachievable expectations and her own failure at being a prodigy.

• She writes about moving to the U.S. from Mexico with an abusive husband.

• She writes about her family's struggle in a Japanese internment camp.

• She writes about her aunt who killed herself after becoming pregnant out of wedlock in old China.

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What does the Woman Hollering Creek represent in Sandra Cisneros' story?

• Crossing the border from Mexico into the U.S.

• Gaining a new understanding of Cleofilas' father

• Women silencing the men in their lives

• Cleofilas' liberation and autonomy

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Why does Christopher Castellani say that reading immigrant literature is "urgent"?

• immigrant narratives resonate universally and foster empathy

• refugees are only understood in a political context rather than a social one

• social class tends to be the deciding factor in who gets to immigrate to the U.S.

• there are always several world events happening that produce refugees

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Author of How to Tame a Wild Tongue?

• Gloria Anzaldua

• Sandra Cisneros

• Maxine Hong Kingston

• Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston

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We compared two refugee stories from which two countries?

• Vietnam and Mexico

• China and Japan

• Syria and Vietnam

• China and Syria

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How does Chang-Rae Lee reflect on his dual cultural identity?

• defines 'exile' vs. 'emigre' and the challenges of putting people into categories

• discusses how to reconcile actions of the U.S. that created his refugeehood and the opportunities he got coming to the U.S.

• writes a memoir that shows human strength during times of adversity

• uses food to show how his family preserves tradition and incorporates new practices

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Author of "Two Kinds" from The Joy Luck Club

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In "How to Tame a Wild Tongue," what does Gloria Anzaldua suggest about language and identity?

• Language is fixed and unchangeable, defining one's identity from birth.

• Language is a tool of colonization and should be rejected.

• Language shapes and reflects one's cultural identity, but can also be a site of resistance and empowerment.

• Language is irrelevant to identity and should be disregarded in favor of other factors.

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How does John F. Kennedy use rhetorical strategies in "The Immigrant Contribution" to persuade his audience?

• By appealing to emotions and shared fear of immigrants.

• By using statistical data to support his arguments.

• By employing the scientific method.

• By relying on personal anecdotes to illustrate his points.