"A Quilt of A Country" Test Review

Question 1

3. How did the two world wars and the cold war unite citizens of the United States?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 2

BONUS!!! Who is the author of "A Quilt of Country?"

Accepted Answer

B. Anna Quindlen

Question 3

Which word is an antonym for DISCORDANT?

Accepted Answer

A. harmonious (sounds musically pleasing)

Question 4

4. What is most likely the reason that many Americans accept new immigrants to this country?

Accepted Answer

C. New immigrants are a reminder of how early immigrants adapted to USA.

Question 5

10. What main message is the writer trying to communicate in "A Quilt of a Country"?

Accepted Answer

B. It's amazing that a country made of diverse people can be united.

Question 6

6. Which sentence gives the most accurate description of a PLURALISTIC society?

Accepted Answer

D. All of the above

Question 7

8.Why does she discuss her father's old neighborhood in Philly, "in which Jewish boys would walk...to avoid the Irish?"

Accepted Answer

B. America always had conflicts and divisions in different ethnic groups.

Question 8

14. If credit means "to have confidence in," what does discredit mean?

Accepted Answer

D. to damage someone's reputation (the way people view them)

Question 9

How is the United States similar to a quilt?

Accepted Answer

B. Both are "patched" together from many different parts.

Question 10

18. Fill in the blank- The _______________ countries of the world have many similarities to the United States.

Accepted Answer

pluralistic

Question 11

15. Fill in the blank- One of the best things about Belleville High School is our_______________.

Accepted Answer

diversity

Question 12

7. Which is the best example DIVERSITY in a town?

Accepted Answer

B. The town has residents from Asia, Saudi Arabia, and Mexico.

Question 13

12. Which of the following is the author’s main purpose in “A Quilt of a Country”?

Accepted Answer

D. to reflect on how the US is united dispite its many differences

Question 14

12."How quaint it seems now, how incendiary then." How does her parents' "mixed marriage" prove her point?

Accepted Answer

C. Her experiences show a key point about the American identity.

Question 15

9. Which quote best supports the answer to question 8? (Choose 2)

Accepted Answer

ay than the Irish and Jewish of the past?, A. Do the Cambodians and the Mexicans in California coexist less easily tod

Question 16

20. True or False- A fair nation must have justice INTERWOVEN into its laws.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 17

17. Fill in the blank- Though the two people had _____________ styles, it did not mean they could not work together.

Accepted Answer

disparate

Question 18

2. What values are constantly conflicted in the USA?

Accepted Answer

B. community (the country as a whole) vs. individualism (the self)

Question 19

13. How does the Latin prefix dis- affect the meaning of the word to which it is added?

Accepted Answer

A. It changes a word to mean its opposite.

Question 20

16. Fill in the blank- The musical cast will have more vocal rehearsals until they do not sound ____________

Accepted Answer

discordant

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