Reading Quiz Three Friends, by Thomas Leverett

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Instructions: Click the grey box following the questions, and choose the best answer to the question. When you are finished, check your number correct on the first try, found in the small box in the top right corner of the page.

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Where did most of the story take place?
select answer in an English school in an airport in a restaurant in Chicago at an engineering school
Why were Jin, May and Myoko close friends?
select answer because they often talked about personal things because they had suffered in class together because they were from the same country because they worked at the restaurant
Who had the worst English of the people in the story?
select answer May Jin Myoko Frank
What is true about the relationship of Myoko to Jin and May?
select answer She was close in some ways and not close in other ways She did not really like them anymore She wanted to be like them She did not want to remember the time she had spent with them
In par. 1, we learn that Myoko had adequate English. What does that imply?
select answer It was not as good as that of her friends. It was good enough for her to go to art school. It was better than that of anyone in her class. It was almost perfect.
Which does NOT describe Frank, the husband of May?
select answer restrictive frustrated cautious about having a baby very good at the computer
May stopped taking English classes because:
select answer they were too difficult her English was not as good as that of her friends her husband wanted her to she left the country
What decision was May trying to make?
select answer whether or not to get married whether or not to go back to school whether or not to have a baby whether or not to go to lunch
Which is probably true about May?
select answer She is pregnant. She is unhappy in her marriage. She has a boyfriend. She is impatient.
Which is NOT an advantage for Jin of marrying Frank?
select answer becoming an American citizen having him do some cooking and housework missing things from home being allowed a lot of freedom
Which is NOT mentioned as a reason Jin is nervous about marrying Frank?
select answer It would be hard for her to spend much of her life away from her family. It would be hard for Frank to live in her country. It would be hard for her to become an American citizen. There were many things about home that she would miss.
We can guess that the guy in Jin's hometown probably:
select answer was very handsome was very rich would not cook or wash dishes much would not get along with her extended family
What probably bothered Jin about May?
select answer that May was crying for no reason that May tolerated the restrictions of her husband that May was unwilling to learn English that May wanted to have a baby
What did Myoko probably want to be?
select answer a housewife an artist an English teacher a scientist
What did Myoko think about the man in her art class?
select answer She wanted to marry him. She was attracted to him. She disliked him. She travelled with him.
What can we infer about the man in the art class?
select answer Myoko liked him. He wanted to marry Myoko. He was already married. He was thousands of miles from home.
Who of the following was probably most creative?
select answer Frank Myoko Jin May

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