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WorksheetsMLA In-Text Citations Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Critics are concerned not just about the lack of diversity in tech, but also about how "white interpretations of diversity" shape the industry____________________
Source: "Hacking the Boys' Club" by Anna Wiener, page 13. Published in New Republic May 2016:
(13).
(Wiener 13).
(Anna Wiener 13).
The reservoir in Central Park once received water from Westchester County's Croton River________________
Source: Bottlemania by Elizabeth Royte, page 19. Published by Bloomsbury, New York 2008:
(19).
(Elizabeth Royte 19).
(Royt 19).
In the 1972 election, the popular vote significantly favored President Richard Nixon over George McGovern_________________
Source: "Exhuming McGovern" by Joshua Mound, page 9. Published in New Republic May 2016:
(Mound 9).
(Joshua Mound 9).
(9).
To Annabelle, the silver dollar is more like a piece of jewelry than money_____________________
Source: Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk, page 4. Published by Dutton Children's Books, New York 2016:
(Lauren Wolk 4).
(Wolk 4).
(4).
The collapse of banks in Iceland led to $100 billion in losses_____________
Source: Boomerang by Michael Lewis, page 3. Published by W. W. Norton, New York 2011:
(3).
(Lewis 3).
(Lewis 5).
(Michael Lewis 3).
At the beginning of the novel, Coraline watches a television show on "animals, birds, and insects which disguised themselves"_______________ This small detail connects to the book's bigger theme of identity, or what makes us who we are.
Source: Coraline by Neil Gaiman, page 5. Published by HarperCollins, New York 2012:
(Gaiman 5).
(5).
(Neil Gaiman 5).
(Gaiman 7).
Politicians who want to connect to people should follow Barack Obama's example. In just his first year in the Senate, Obama writes, he hosted thirty-nine town hall meetings________________
Source: The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama, page 101. Published by Three Rivers Press, New York 2006:
(Obama 101).
(Barack Obama 101).
(101).
(Obama 105).
When two parties are in conflict, dialogue is critical to reaching an understanding. As Lindahl writes, "Dialogue literally means words flowing through"_________________
Source: The Sacred Art of Listening by Kay Lindahl, page 29. Published by Skylight Paths Publishing, Woodstock, Vermont 2002:
(29).
(Kay Lindahl 29).
(Lindahl 29).
(25).
Steinbeck shows the men squatting in the dust, marking the ground with a stick _____________ This type of imagery paints a picture of men who are reflective and thoughtful.
Source: The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, page 34. Published by Penguin, New York 2002:
(Steinbeck 34).
(34).
(John Steinbeck 34).
(Steinbeck 32).
Charlie's whole family saves money all year long in order to buy Charlie chocolate on his birthday that he gets "to eat all by himself" _________________This sacrifice shows the reader how much Charlie's family cares for him.
Source: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl, page 6. Published by Puffin Books, New York 2007:
(6).
(Roald Dahl 6).
(Dahl 9).
(Dahl 6).
Force fields would completely change our lives, letting people erect cities "by simply pressing a button"_________________
Source: Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel by Michio Kaku, page 4. Published by Anchor Books, New York 2009:
(Kaku 4).
(4).
(Michio Kaku 4).
(Kaku 9).
The types of planets that have been discovered outside of our solar system vary greatly_________________
Source: "Super Earths" by Adam Hadhazy, page 40. Published in Discover Sept. 2015:
(40).
(Adam Hadhazy 40).
(Hadhazy 40).
(Hadhazy 40.)
The molasses in the Commercial Street tank weighed the same as 13,000 cars________________
Source: The Great Molasses Flood: Boston, 1919 by Deborah Kops, page 3. Published by Charlesbridge, Watertown, Massachusetts 2012:
(Kops 3).
(Deborah Kops 3).
(Kops 3.)
(3).
As Dalrymple reports, the influential Shah Jahan oversaw a territory that included "most of India, all of Pakistan, and great chunks of Afghanistan"_________________
Source: The Last Mughal by William Dalrymple, page 5. Published by Vintage, New York 2006:
(Dalrymple 5).
(William Dalrymple 5).
(5).
(Dalrymple 8).
Gardner believes that most new fiction writers want "a set of rules" _________________ I disagree, however; I think that many new writers simply want to experience the freedom of creating characters and worlds.
Source: The Art of Fiction by John Gardner, page 3. Published by Random House, New York 1983:
(Gardner 3).
(3.)
(3).
(John Gardner 3).
