Quilt of a Country

According to Quindlen, “slavery and sweatshops, the burning of crosses” illustrate America's

• achievements

• beginnings

• prejudices

• principles

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What are America's two “defining ideals” that are often in conflict?

• community and individualism

• diversity and tolerance

• ethnicity and community

• individualism and tolerance

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What point does Quindlen make by comparing present-day New York with Philadelphia in her father's time?

• Ethnic pride works against American unity.

• Ethnic conflict was not an issue in the past.

• Ethnic differences have always existed in America.

• Ethnic divisions have gotten much worse in the past 50 years.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

In lines 54–56, Quindlen says there was concern after the cold war that “the left side of the hyphen . . . would overwhelm the right.” Which statement best summarizes this concern?

• Immigrants would lose their ethnic identity after they came to America.

• Ethnic identity would become more important than national identity.

• No single ethnic group would form a clear majority of the population.

• Ethnic groups would strive to create their own separate nations.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What conclusion do most Americans draw because of their “grudging fairness”?

• Ethnic groups should celebrate their cultures.

• America is no more special than any other nation.

• Americans are the hardest working people on earth.

• Today's immigrants are similar to earlier Americans.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What do the people who died at the World Trade Center represent?

• New York's wealthiest people

• tourists visiting New York

• America's varied population

• the American middle class

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

People who are discordant are

• conflicting

• musical

• tolerant

• unorganized

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does a pluralistic nation have?

• a large number of people

• more men than women

• many cultural groups

• two political parties

What does interwoven mean?

• blended together

• made by hand

• smoothed out

• wound down

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A group's diversity refers to its members'

• common interests

• educational achievements

• social class

• varied backgrounds

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2