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Choose the correct answer with particles and verbs in the appropriate tense for the English.   If there is no particle needed, choose X.(8×2)   (4)　 あそこ( [a]_ )　たくさん( [b]_　 )いぬ (　[c]_　　)　 ___[d]____。(there are)             Asoko (   ) takusan (   ) inu (   ) (   ).    (5)      たなかさんはちゅうごくご(　[e]_　) ___[f]_____。　(understand)             Tanaka san wa chuugogugo (   ) (   ).    (6)　  わたしはきのう　カフェでロバートさん(　[g]_　) ___[h]______。　(wait)               Watashi wa kinou kafe de robaato san (   ) (   ).  

Which of the following poets committed suicide (check all that apply).  

At the end of “Going to Meet the Man,” Jesse witnesses a man being __________.  

Building a positive attitude toward cultural differences requires a sophisticated way of looking at diversity.

The term “minority group” refers to:

The term “race” is socially defined on the basis of physical criteria such as skin color.

When Beto goes to college, the narrator ____________ to make money.  

Mrs. Pike figures out that Mrs. Fletcher is ____________.   

What makes for an effective Creative Non-Fiction Piece?  Use an example or two from the reading.    

Passage Explication 1: Cumulative The next day he called and when I heard his voice I was cool but I wouldn’t go to the mall or anywhere else.  My mother sensed that something was wrong and pestered me about it, but I told her to leave the fuck alone, and my pops, who was home on a visit, stirred himself from the couch to slap me down.  Mostly I stayed in the basement, terrified that I would end up abnormal, a fucking pato, but he was my best friend and back then that mattered to me more than anything.  This alone got me out of the apartment and over to the pool that night.  He was already there, his body pale and flabby under the water.  Hey, he said.  I was beginning to worry about you.