What did the author do with story problems?

pictured them actually happening

Namioka's study of multiplication in China and the US led her to believe that

Chinese schools taught math better than American schools

According to Namioka, why do math grades for girls in American often drop in middle school?

girls could not concntrate on their studies because of boys

The author's American classmates thought she was weird because

she was better in math than American girls

The author stopped trying to be a mathematician

After she finished her schooling

In childhood, what showed that Namioka's true interest would lie in writing fiction?

she embellished the story part of problems in her mind

Namioka's anecdote about her mother's shrewd real estate deal supports her main idea that

Chinese view the idea of women and math differently from Am

a form of standard language specific to a certain group

Why did the author sing her multiplication tables?

singing made it easier to remember

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Memoir Unit Test: Math and Aftermath, The Future in My Arms

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1
What does the author do when she hears of Nadira's birth?
goes to the hospital
repeats her friend's message
calls her brother
leaves for her trip
2
When the baby is born, the author is excited because she
wants a child
will take Nadira on her trip
always wanted a sister
enjoys holding babies
3
What did the author do with story problems?
presented them in a logical order
pictured them actually happening
wrote them on the board to solve them
made up songs to sing about them
4
An intuitive person uses his or her
beauty
humor
muscles
instincts
5
What is a hypothesis?
a story problem
an incorrect statement
a guess to be tested
a difference in languages
6
Namioka's study of multiplication in China and the US led her to believe that
Chinese students are better at multiplication than Americans
Chinese students recited their math tables differently
American students should have sung the multiplication table
Chinese schools taught math better than American schools
7
When Nadira is brought into the room everyone stands to
move into the hallway
make room for the mother
show respect
greet the nurse
8
According to Namioka, why do math grades for girls in American often drop in middle school?
Middle school math teachers showed unfair bias against girls
math was more difficult in middle school
girls could not concntrate on their studies because of boys
girls did not want boys to know that they were good in math
9
The author's American classmates thought she was weird because
she was better in math than American girls
her family spoke and wrote only Chinese
She learned everthing by humming or singing
She did not want to date American boys
10
What is a scenario?
a scene from a play
the outcome of a problem
A possible series of events
The setting of a story
11
I was lucky to have a teacher who ... didn't care ... as long as you agreed with Euclid.
allusion
oxymoron
alliteration
personification
12
Perhaps its the result of Confucius's teaching that a man is above money; its a woman's duty...
allusion
alliteration
oxymoron
personification
13
Danticat wrote in "The Future in my Arms" that the baby is her
niece
sister
sister-in-law
best friend
14
The author stopped trying to be a mathematician
During her first class at Radcliffe
After she finished her schooling
when she entered an American school
When she had trouble with the abacus
15
The author's true interest is
studying the brain
writing fiction
solving math problems
translating papers
16
In childhood, what showed that Namioka's true interest would lie in writing fiction?
classmates in elem and middle school thought she was weird
she learned from research that girls are better at writing
she wrote well even though she did not know the dialect
she embellished the story part of problems in her mind
17
What does analytic mean?
using logical reasoning
doing math
studying science
having an idea
18
What does the author want to provide for Nadira?
birthday gift
a good life
a place to rest (repozwa)
cousins
19
When did Namioka realize that she would never be a great mathematician?
during middle school
in abacus class
after college
when she moved to the US
20
Namioka's anecdote about her mother's shrewd real estate deal supports her main idea that
Chinese women always use logic when doing math
Chinese women use the left side of the brain for math
Chinese view the idea of women and math differently from Am
Equality in buying real estate is in all Chinese marriages
21
What is a dialect?
A set of customs unique to a country
the beliefs of a group of people
a form of standard language specific to a certain group
an author's opinion on a topic
22
Why did the author sing her multiplication tables?
all Chinese children sang them
she liked music more than math
singing made it easier to remember
the tune sounded pretty

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