For Tuesday’s reading quiz, here are questions very similar to those I will ask:
1) What is one statement that Anna Quindlen does not make in “Pregnant in New York”?
- Cab drivers avoid picking up pregnant women
- It is difficult for pregnant women to get seats on the subway
- If you’re pregnant, you should consider moving out of New York
- In public, people comment openly about how large Quindlen looks
2) Briefly describe what the connection between pregnancy and privacy is in this piece.
3) Briefly explain what you think the author’s purpose is in “The Money.”
4) What does the money symbolize?
- The guilt the son feels about allowing his family to be burglarized
- A necessary token to “achieve” the American Dream
- The anger the father feels that the money was stolen
- The way the media influences young teens to steal
Extra credit: In “The Inheritance of Loss,” what change occurs in Biju by the end of the story? What is the purpose of this text?
I encourage you to post answers to these questions here for discussion. If you post acceptable answers to the extra credit question here, I will give you +1 extra credit now, and if you answer it right on the quiz again, you’ll get extra credit again.
Good luck!
