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Name ______________________________________________ Date ________________A. Thinking About the AnthologyCircle the letter of the best answer.Asian American LiteratureTest1. What is the subject of "Concentration Constellation," the excerpt from Farewell to Manzanar, and "Pearl Harbor Echoes in Seattle"? a. the detention of Chinese immigrants to the United Statesb. the Chinese revolutionc. the fall of Saigond. the forced internment ofJapanese Americans during World War II2. What is the main idea in the excerpt from "The Case for Official English"?a. Foreign language election ballots should be required in the United States.b. English should be recognized as the common language in the United States.c. English should be the official language of government, but it should not be the only languageused in schools.d. Bilingual education is an important asset to the American educational system.3. Compare the narrative point of view in "Housepainting" and "Slant-Eyed Americans."a. Both selections are narrated by a limited third-person narrator.b. Both selections are narrated by an omniscient, or all-knowing, third-person narrator.c. Both selections are narrated by a first-person narrator who is a character in the stoty.d. "Housepainting" is told by a third-person narrator; "Slant-Eyed Americans" is told by afirst-person narrator.4. How do the narrators of "Fish Cheeks" and "Lucky to Be Born a Chinese" feel about theirAsian ancestty?a. The narrator of "Fish Cheeks" Is embarrassed by her family's customs; the narrator of"Lucky to Be Born a Chinese" reflects happily on her family's customs.b. The narrators of both selections resent leaving China and moving to the United States.c. The narrators of both selections encounter prejudice because of their Chinese heritage.d. The narrator of "Fish Cheeks" is proud of her family's customs; the narrator of "Luckyto Be Born a Chinese" reflects on her ancestty in an ironic way.5. What is a common subject in the excerpts from Songs ofGold MOImtain and "the promise"?a. the fall of Saigonb. the bombing of Pearl Harborc. the detention of Chinese immigrants at Angel Islandd. the internment of Japanese Americans6. What figure of speech is used in the following excerpt from "the promise"?as my grandfather/earned only a bundle wrapped in cloth/tossed in the hold ofa ship/like a wet mopa. metaphor c. personificationb. simile d. exaggeration© Prentice-Hall, Inc. 77