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TITLE Minnesota 1997 Basic Standards Practice Test: Reading. INSTITUTION Minnesota State Dept. of Children, Families, and Learning, St. Paul. PUB DATE 1997-00-00 NOTE 22p. AVAILABLE FROM Minnesota Department of Children, Families & Learning, 1500 Highway 36 West, Roseville, MN 55113-4266. Tel: 651-582-8002. For full text: http://www.startribone.com/stonline/html/tests/read.html. PUB TYPE Tests/Questionnaires (1d0) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC01 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Academic Standards; Educational Assessment; Elementary Education; Minimum Competency Testing; Newspapers; *Reading; Reading Achievement; Reading Comprehension; *Reading Tests; *State Standards; *Test Format; *Testing IDENTIFIERS *Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment; Practice Tests

ABSTRACT Consisting of four articles taken from the "Minneapolis Star Tribune" with 10 questions for each article, this Practice Test gives an answer sheet and an answer key (including specification to the type of question either Literal Comprehension or Inferential Comprehension) .These practice tests are not intended to be psychometrically reliable test forms and are intended to familiarize teachers and students with the questioning format. (SC)

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Reproduction of these articles was granted by permission from: Minneapolis Star Tribune "Extending the learning curve" " and Memories of Family Are Intertwined" (edited) "Getting an education, with comforts of home" Dr. Mark DePaolis, "Light : You can have your cake and eat it, too," published in the Minneapolis Star Tribune, June 17, 1994.

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1.Follow along as the directions are read to you. 2. The questions in this booklet are followed by severalsuggested answers. For each question, you should choose the one answer which youthink is the best and then write the answer ON THE NUMBERED LINE ONYOUR ANSWER SHEET WHICH MATCHES THE QUESTION NUMBER.

Example: Which of these words means the same as begin? A. end B. start C. read D. work

Since the word start means the same as the word begin, B is the answer.You will notice that a "B" has been written in the box labeled Example 1 on your answer sheet. 3. When you are marking your answers, fill in only ONE answerfor each question. If you change an answer, be sure to erase the first answer completely. 4. You will be reading passages and answering questions about each. 5. This is not a timed test. You will be given all the time you need.

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1 Getting an education, with comforts of home By Kevin Duchschere math courses, a break his private pantheon of Staff Writer given to few new students. heroes. He is disarmingly Minneapolis Star funny. Tribune Tousignant's four older brothers and sisters "He's just a real bright guy, and along with that A very special graduation attended Bloomington was held this summer in public schools, where they he has a real wisdom that you don't see a lot in a leafy Bloomington were honor students. But people his age," Annie backyard. Annie and her husband, Richard, a mechanic and said. There was only one instructor for Northwest When he was born, graduate, in a cap and Airlines, chose home Tousignant was deprived gown and sash that read schooling for Steve, partly of oxygen for 20 minutes valedictorian." because he has mild when his placenta was cerebral palsy that affects pulled away. He was in a The graduate was Steven his motor skills and coma for 10 days. It Tousignant, 18, and he's speech. They worried that injured his brain but never spent a day in a at a regular school he didn't affect his classroom. wouldn't get the attention intelligence, which he he needed to achieve his displayed even as a For 12 years, he has full potential. toddler, Annie said. taken lessons from his mother, Annie, at the Tousignant is a published Before the time came for kitchen table and in the poet and a math tutor. He Tousignant to enter airy knotty-pine sun room plays the piano and guitar school, Annie learned of the family home in and paints so skillfully about home schooling Bloomington. that his graceful from the "Donahue" show. watercolor of a tornado, She is a homemaker and Next month, Tousignant done when he was 12, has a high school will enter Normandale won the grand prize at an education, but after Community College in art show. He knows how consulting two Twin Cities Bloomington, where he to garden, breed cockapoos women who had taught plans to go for a couple of and manipulate computer their own children, she years before moving to a graphics. He reads developed an instruction four-year university to broadly, from Shakespeare schedule for her son. study engineering. His to Crichton, and he entrance exam scores were includes figures as diverse Nearly 7,700 children so high that Normandale as Kepler and the Rev. were taught at home in is letting him skip five Martin Luther King Jr. in Minnesota during the

3 1993-94 school year, said 4-H Club and the youth education was that his Carol Hokenson, data group at St. Edward's parents enveloped him in management supervisor in Church in Bloomington. a wide world of ideas. the state Department of He lifts weights, swims Education. A 1987 state and plays tennis and Vigorous debate law set standards for softball in an adaptive cityapparently is routine at home schools, such as a sports program. the Tousignant house. 170-day calendar, annual When the family gathers standardized tests and a "I probably would've met for, say, a holiday picnic, basic curriculum including more people at school, but you shouldn't "expect a English, math, science, whether I would have relaxing meal," Steve said. history government and developed more friends in physical education. Home that setting is another Even though he's been his teachers also must meet question," Tousignant own class for a dozen certain requirements. said. years, he said that he isn't apprehensive about the "I wasn't a beastly Each year, Tousignant college environment. taskmaster, but I knew took the Iowa and this kid was bright and I California standardized "It's going to be very achievement tests, if only knew what I needed to similar to home school, in so Annie would have impart to him," Annie that I can set my own said. "We were very something to show the schedule," he said. disciplined and dedicated, school district in case they but not so rigid that if asked. The results always For years, people have there was some special showed him several thing that we wanted to grades ahead of his age asked Tousignant if he thought he might ever go see at the zoo, or group, she said. somebody coming into to a "real" school. He town, that we would take But she is quick to say smirks at the notion that that day off and go." that not everyone canor what he did wasn't real. shoulddo what she has And his parents took done. "I found the answer "There's a myth in our great pains not to ignore for myself," she said. country that you learn his social life. He only in school, and after cultivated friendships with Tousignant said that the school you don't learn. It's other kids through the best thing about his an erroneous myth."

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4 1. Why did Steven Tousignant's 4. How did Steve's parents make parents decide to teach him at sure he had a social life? home? E. They insisted that his older A. They were not satisfied with brothers and sisters involve local public schools. him in their activities. B. They felt that because of a mild F. They enrolled him in a few disability he needed one-on-one advanced classes in public teaching. school. C. They decided that it would be G. They invited neighborhood an interesting family project to children his age to parties and teach a child at home. get-togethers after school. D. They feared that others would H. They had him play sports and interfere with his education. join youth groups, where he would meet others his age.

2. What does Steven see as the biggest benefit of being home taught? 5. How does Steve feel about E. He didn't have to spend as going to college after having much time at his studies. been taught at home all his life? F. He was able to make more friends. A. He looks forward to it G. His mother was always taking confidently. him to interesting places. B. He thinks it will be too H. He was surrounded by many different from learning at new and exciting ideas. home, and that he won't like it. C. He is concerned that other students will be better 3. For which of the following prepared than he is. aspects of home schooling does D. He's looking forward to being Minnesota have standards? taught by professional educators in a school setting, A. number of hours spent in class instead of at home. each day B. kind of textbooks used C. number of days spent in school each year D. number of children in a family who may be home taught

5 7 6. What evidence is provided to 9. Who did most of the work of show that Steve's home teaching Steven? schooling has been successful? A. his father E. Steve was valedictorian of his B. his mother class. C. his older sisters and brothers F.Steve's parents are proud of D. visiting teachers him. G. Steve has always done well on standardized tests. H. Steve plays the piano and guitar. 10.In the article Steven Tousignant is described as E. rigid and serious. 7. How does the author of the F.light-hearted and carefree. article seem to feel about home G. worried and a loner. schooling? H. bright and disarmingly funny. A. It is risky, and often fails to provide a good education. B. It can work if the student and parents are dedicated. C. For most parents, it is not a good idea. D. It is the best way to educate a child.

8. Which of the following is an opinion, not a fact, about Steven? E. He has a real wisdom that you don't see in a lot of people. F. He is a poet, musician, and reader. G. He plans eventually to go to a four-year university. H. He participates in the family debates.

6 8 Light Twinkies: You can have your cake and eat it, too

By Mark DePaolis Twinkies to be a leading meant I got to eat some. I Staff Writer example of food that is used to eat Twinkies a lot, Minneapolis Star bad for you, namely the but I swore off them after Tribune "high-calorie, heavy- being brainwashed into cream-filled sponge cake" good nutrition during It's hard to know how to group. medical school. I have react when your world been jealously eyeing goes topsy-turvy things This was before I learned them in supermarkets and stop making sense, and about Low Twinkies. convenience stores ever everything you once "Low fat" in this case was since. believed turns out to be a a relative term. The new lie. This happened to me Twinkies, according to the Now I had an excuse. when I found out about Hotline (the 800 Would these healthier Hostess Lights Low Fat number found on the Twinkles taste like the Twinkies. wrapper), have 3 grams of ones I remembered? Or fat in a package of two. would they taste like, For me, this was like (Nutritional scientists will well, like Twinkies with dropping a pencil and tell you there is no such the Twink taken out? watching it fall up. There thing as a single Twinkie. have been a lot of, Anyone who would eat Eager to find out, I put on formerly fatty one Twinkie is not going my long white coat and showing up in healthier, to carefully wrap up the went to the grocery store. low-fat versions recently. other one for eating at a I found the Twinkies on Evidently, someone has later date.) Fat-wise, this the Hostess rack, next to found a way to remove fat puts them in the same all the other I and replace it with purely ballpark as three slices of remembered from my theoretical particles, bread or kernels of movie youth (cupcakes with providing the minimum popcorn. While not squiggles on top, fruit pies daily requirement for technically a health food shaped like , and neutrinos. due to the cellophane Sno-balls, small mounds packaging, they aren't of rubberized coconut that Being a doctor, I try to eat bad. now came in designer foods from healthy groups, pastel colors.) Tears like the "boneless, As an observer of health streaming down my face, I skinless" group and the trends, I felt it was my bought one twin-pack of "shreds of roughened duty to conduct some Low Fat Twinkies and wood" group. I have research into the new brought them home to my always considered Twinkies, especially if it kitchen laboratory

7 9 I knew I had to be careful, Cap'n Crunch, not the injector. It even left a thin particularly because of my kind with the hideous coating of Twinkie skin recent problems with "crunch berries" that stain stuck to the waxy breakfast cereal. After the milk red. cardboard, just as I years of eating cereal remembered. containing actual chunks Sadly, my son wasn't of tree bark, I decided to interested. He tried a few With the video camera bring home some Cap'n bites, played with the running to document my Crunch for my son. As enclosed magic squirt pen, research, I took a bite. many people know, Cap'n and then pushed it aside Crunch is a cereal and asked for Cheerios. Medical research doesn't consisting of tiny squares always bring bad news. of sharpened fiberglass There was nothing I could My results show that Low that are somehow do but finish that box Fat Twinkies taste impregnated with more myself, along with the surprisingly like the sugar than if they were nine or ten boxes I have Twinkies I remember, made entirely of sugar purchased since, just in essentially like damp itself. Eating it is like case he changes his mind. Styrofoam packing eating tiny pieces of material with a central glazed sea coral. It was Obviously, sweetened core of sweetened library my favorite cereal as a . foods from my past . They are wonderful. kid, and it was wonderful. were nothing to play around with. I was I think my son might even My wife, however, thought cautious as I tore open the like them, although I plan it was a bad idea. I calmly package and took out a to stick to health food pointed out that I ate Twinkie. It looked just as myself. I bet this box of 36 Cap'n Crunch, and I still I remembered, with the will last us for months. had a large number of my same pleasing weight and own teeth. I also heft. The golden color was reassured her that I was the same, with one darker, Mark DePaolis is a writer not an irresponsible flattened side that still and physician with a parent, and that this was had the holes from the practice in Brooklyn in fact 100 percent pure pneumatic cream-filling Center

8 1 0 11. What feeling does the author 14. What is the result of the try to communicate about the author's research on Light topic? Twinkies? A. serious E. Light Twinkies taste as good as B. light-hearted regular Twinkies. C. critical F.Light Twinkles don't taste as good as regular Twinkies. D. silly G. Light Twinkies don't taste anything like regular Twinkies. H. Light Twinkles taste like Twinkies with the Twink taken out. 12. What question does this article try to answer? 15. Why does the author call Light Twinkies "healthier"? E. Are Light Twinkies healthier than regular Twinkies? A. They are lower in fat than F. Why do people like sugary, regular Twinkies. fatty foods? B. They contain no sugar. G. Do Light Twinkies taste as C. They contain high amounts of good as regular Twinkies? fiber. H. Why did the Hostess company D. They belong to a different food invent Light Twinkies? group.

16. Why was the author interested in finding out about the new Light Twinkies? 13. How does the author feel about eating healthy foods? E. He thought they might be better for his son. A. He wouldn't eat anything else. F. He wanted a good reason to eat B. He doesn't like the way they some Twinkies. taste. G. He's writing a research article C. He thinks they're only for sick on health trends. people. H. He had been eating Twinkies D. He feels he should eat them. all along, and wondered if he should switch to Light Twinkies.

9 11 17. Which statement is a fact, not 19. What difference did the author an opinion, from thisarticle? see between Light Twinkiesand regular Twinkies? A. Light Twinkies taste like damp Styrofoam with a core of A. Light Twinkles look just the sweetened library paste. same as regular Twinkies; B. Eating Cap'n Crunch is like there are no differences. eating tiny pieces of glazed sea B. Light Twinkies are darker in coral. color than regular Twinkies. C. Some cereals taste like they C. Light Twinkies are contain actual chunks of tree fluffier-looking than regular bark. Twinkies. D. Light Twinkies are sold in D. Light Twinkies are smaller packages of two. than regular Twinkies.

18. How does the author feel about Cap'n Crunch? 20. Which statement is true about the author? E.He thinks it looks hideous. E. Twinkies are a regular part of He loves to have it for F. his diet. breakfast. F. He is unsure whether he likes G.He hates the taste. Light Twinkles. He thinks it shouldn't be sold H. G. He is a doctor and a writer. as a food. H. He is sure that his son will learn to like Cap'n Crunch. Extending the learning curve

By Duchesne Paul Drew pulling-it-together year," classroom teachers and Star Tribune Staff Writer Principal Carole Gupton specialists in small, said. student-directed groups. After another 40 minutes of While most schools in The trick: Using the time traditional class time, the the state are still packed up Although the schedule regular day ends. in mothballs, the complicates planning summer vacations, it also The last three hours of Minneapolis District's the day are divided into two School of Extended means that students don't blocks of time called Learning is in full swing. have to spend the first few options, during which staff By the time most weeks of the new year Minnesota public school reviewing things they have members and community members engage students in students start the year forgotten over the a variety of hands-on Sept. 3, 320 students at traditional 12-week summer creative activities. From Sigurd Olson will have five recess. arts and crafts and music weeks under their belts. In Gupton's students spend classes to dance and fishing fact, they completed their as many days in school as lessons, the students 1995-96 session July 31 and their counterparts in other returned the next day to Minneapolis schools, but explore extracurricular activities throughout and kick off the new school the longer day gives them beyond the building. Some year. another half-year of And that's not all. structured development also use the time to Instead of a traditional 61/2 time. reinforce their reading, writing and math skills. hours, Sigurd Olson Gupton insists that it's The uniform schedule students log more than 9 not the extra time but how also allows teachers time to hours a day. staff members and students One of a handful of use it that makes the school prepare lessons and exchange ideas, a rarity in Minneapolis public schools special. located in nearby suburbs, "The hours allow us to most schools. Sigurd Olson in Golden put together what research Breaking new ground Valley is the state's only has said will make a quality A few weeks into its extended-day, year-round school and help learners," third year, the School of school. she said. Extended Learning finally is In the third year of the The day is divided into coming into its own, staff program, its full novelty is three parts designed to members say. becoming clear. reinforce one another and "Our first year here, In their first year, to engage students on you'd have a group of 20 students and staff members multiple levels. different kids, and you'd ask adjusted to a longer day. After breakfast and them what schools they The next year, officials morning assembly, the came from, and they'd instituted a 45-15 school students spend three hours name 16 different schools," calendar, in which students in teacher-directed said Don Metzler, the are in class for nine weeks instruction. Then they school's social worker. But then off for three weeks. alternate between an hour now, he said, students and This yearthe launch ofof lunch-recess time and an staff members have gelled. an Aug. 1June 6 hour in "collaboratives," in The challenge was schedule"is our which they work with compounded by the fact

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1 3 that the school is breaking education," she said. 'And I of 12 schools around the new ground. Although therethink what we want to say state to receive special state are hundreds of year-round is, 'You know, it's not that funding to develop ways to schools across the nation, difficult.' improve family few if any use the longer Her objective, she said, involvement. Ten teachers school day the way Sigurd isn't to encourage other and parents are working as Olson does. schools to become like hers, a team to create a model While having a but to change in ways that that can be used at other reputation as an innovative, meet the needs of their schools. risk-taking school is great, communities. Beyond that, Gupton Gupton said, it is more The School of Extended said, staff members are important to be a quality Learning is meeting a need working to establish a school. for many parents: Every curriculum that fulfills She hopes what is year the number of families district and school developed at Sigurd Olson on the school's waiting list standards and identifies will become a catalyst for increases. More than 25 what objectives should be change in public education. families are hoping to get taught at each grade level. "We've made a major their children in this year. Reprinted with permission of change in the institution of Sigurd Olson also is one the Star Tribune. Year-round schools Year-round education is gaining ground across the country, both as a way to hold down building costs and as a popular way to teach children. Thirty-nine states now have at least one public year-round school. Minnesota has six.

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States with the Year-round public schools most year-round in Minnesota public schools Sigurd Olson School of Extended Learning (Minneapolis) California Bravo (Bloomington) Texas 352 North Branch High School (North Branch)

Florida 1:69: City Academy (St. Paul, a charter school) Rosemount Alternative Learning Center North Carolina 93 (Apple Valley) 1:.Ulah Longfellow Elementary (Rochester)

Seines: National Assodalion fcc Year-Round Eduation Star Trbure gra#tic 21. The students alternate between 24. The main idea of this article is that lunch-recess and "collaborative." E.the year-round school will change Collaboratives are the way students learn and live. A.large groups of teachers, parents, F. students should work in and principals. collaboratives. B. pairs of students. G. Sigurd Olson school has a C.small groups of students, teachers, nine-hour school day. and specialists. H. the year-round school divides its D. school meetings. day into three parts.

22. According to the chart, "Year-round 25. At the time this article was written, schools," the state that has the largest how many states had at least one number of year-round public schools public year-round school? is A.12 E.California. B.20 F.Texas. C.39 G. Utah. D.50 H. North Carolina.

26. One problem the year-round school 23. Which of the following statements is may present is not true? E.finding time to reinforce reading A. Year-round schools are a way to and writing skills. hold down building costs. F. finding time for summer B. The year-round schedule gives vacations. teachers time to exchange ideas. G. deciding what to do with the last C. By September 3, Sigurd Olson three hours of the school day. students will have completed five H. allowing teachers time to prepare weeks of school. lesson plans. D. Teachers find Sigurd Olson's traditional program boring.

13 15 27. According to the article, 12 schools 30. What is one advantage of the 9-hour around the state, including Sigurd school day? Olson, receive special state funding to E. Community members can offer A. develop ways to improve family the students many creative involvement. activities. B.research the effects of the 9-hour F.There will be more time for day on students. traditional classroom instruction. C. improve the quality of school G. The teachers will have less time to lunches. plan lessons for the next day. D. promote the benefits of creative H. The students will spend more time activities. in recess than in teacher-directed lessons.

28.After reading the article, which statement about the future of year-round schools is probably true? E. There will be more year-round schools in the future. F. There will be fewer year-round schools in the future. G. There will be the same number of year-round schools in the future. H. There will be no year-round schools next year.

29. Which of the following statements is an opinion, not a fact, about year- round schools? A. There are hundreds of year-round schools across the nation. B.Classes vary from dance to fishing lessons to arts and crafts. C. Having a reputation as an innovative, risk-taking school is great. D.Principal Gupton's students spend as many days in school as other Minneapolis students.

14 16 Food and Memories of Family are Intertwined By Maria Elena Baca These recipesand Indian and Star Tribune otherswere part of an perfected over some 400 Staff Writer ad campaign exploiting years. But no Mexican El Grito, the Mexican cuisine is based on elbow My friend Tom left a Independence day. How macaroni and mozzarella. message on my answering hard would it be to find And despite the recent machine. "Mannina," he something that Mexicans craze for blue corn, the called. "Marnima, answer really eat? only thing we use blue the phone. I know you're corn for is atole, or mush. home." Pause. "Marmina, You probably know that the stuff you get at And, as always, the idea I'm putting sour cream on of soul foodfood that is my ." Had I been Chi-Chi's and Taco Bell isn't authentic. This young satisfying to the spirit as home, that would have well as the stomachis gotten my attention. Chicana never had a or a cheese far more than the spoon's chilito until I came to trip from your bowl to Mexican foodand, more Minnesota. Of course, your mouth. specifically, the New those restaurants don't The smell of beans Mexico Mexican-Pueblo claim to be authentic: The Indian hybrid that I grew conjures up images of food is edible, but it's not up with, first in Santa Fe Grandma Cosme's yellow like Mom's. and later in kitchen with its rounded adobe walls, low voices Minneapolisis more But then, nothing is like than just lunch to me. speaking a flurry of Mom's. Spanish and English, the slap of dough against This is my heritage, and I The food that I grew up Grandma's bare hand and take it personally. The with, from northern New the sound of her wedding attempts at traditional Mexico, isn't pure Mexican ring clicking on the dowel recipes I see actually either, but there probably rod she used for a rolling make me ill. is no such thing. pin as she made flour tortillas in perfectly round Think for a minute about Mexican cuisine varies by O's. "Spicy Bean Soup" with region, depending on the pinto beans, tomato and availability of ingredients. Grandma could make elbow macaroni to be New Mexico foodlike the tortillas without looking served with "Broccoli cultureis a hodge-podge and without measuring. Quesadillas" topped with of influences brought from She had a saucer that she mozzarella cheese. and Mexico, fused dipped into the flour bin, Eeeeeuw. with the local Pueblo but she measured

15 17 everything else in the I didn't always appreciate fresh green chiles, which hollow of her plump them. After my first we had a heck of a time brown hand, always embarrassing experience finding up here. ending up with eight of bringing a tortilla- tortillas, all the same size. baloney sandwich lunch to Some prodigious kids like my south Minneapolis the hot stuff from the day She cooked them one by school, I began ditching they are born, but most of one on the tapa, the the tortillas and making us need time to get used round cast-iron stove lid my own peanut butter- to it. It was a rite of used as a . As fast and-jelly sandwiches on passage for me when, the as she tucked the finished Master Bread or Roman spring when I was 10, my tortillas under a clean Mealjust like everyone parents got me to try white dish towel on the else. came adovada, wooden kitchen table, my marinated in a sauce of dad and his siblings ate But home was different. chile and garlic. them up. We ate most of the same things as our neighbors, My mouth burned, my The sharp aroma of but once or twice a week nose ran and my whole green chiles had the reminders of body broke into a brings memories of "home," as my parents sweatbut I cleaned my swinging my feet from an referred to Santa Fe for plate. Eventually, I came orange plastic kitchen years after we moved: to revel in the lightheaded chair after breakfast in Frijoles, enchiladas, sopa, joy of spicy food. Grandpa Nestor's shady chile verde and chile lattice-covered back-yard colorado, sopapillas, But this wonderful stuff summer kitchen. While he calabazitas, bizcochitos, has gotten a bad rap roasted chiles, we listened papas fritas with chile. lately, mostly because of to the staticky mumbling the transformation it's of any baseball game Christmas packages from undergone in mainstream especially the Yankeesin Santa Fe were filled with kitchens. the background. posole, chicos and ristras, the strings of dried red The real thing is very These are the smells and chiles, whose seeds rattled simple: No sour cream, sounds that I grew up to the floor as we pulled only infrequent with, even after my them from the deep-, very little parents moved us to newspaper-filled boxes. In cheese and lots of Minneapolis when I was a the fall would come the vegetables and child. express-mailed boxes of carbohydrates. 31. Why would the message left on 34. Why is there no such thing as her answering machine get the "pure Mexican" cuisine? author's attention? E. Mexican cuisine has many A. She feels strongly about ingredients. preparing Mexican foods F. Most foods described as properly. "Mexican" actually originated B. She is pleased that her friend elsewhere. is eating Mexican food. G. Mexican varies from C. She expected to be invited to place to place in Mexico. her friend's for dinner. H. Americans eat food from all D. She is surprised that her friend over the world. learned to eat a burrito correctly.

35. For the author, the smells of 32. Why does the author emphasize authentic Mexican foods being the ingredients elbow macaroni cooked are a reminder of and mozzarella cheese in describing a Mexican-style A.how difficult school was. meal? B.her childhood in Santa Fe and E. These are authentic Mexican Minneapol is. ingredients. C.New Mexican restaurants. F. These are never used in D.Christmas packages from New authentic Mexican foods. Mexico. G. These are the ingredients she likes best. H. These are the ingredients she likes least. 36. What is the author's main objection to the Mexican foods offered by restaurants in 33. How does the author remember Minnesota? Grandma Cosme in this article? E. They are cooked using A. as a guide and teacher old-fashioned methods. B. as the perfect baby-sitter F. They are too spicy. C. as an embarrassing connection G. They are unhealthy foods for a to a different culture regular diet. D. as a skillful cook H. They don't resemble authentic dishes. 37. How did the author react to her 40. According to the author, which first experience with extremely of the following is "authentic" hot and spicy Mexican food? to New Mexico food? A. She immediately loved the E. deep-fried foods spiciness of the dish. F.lots of cheese B. She didn't like it and refused to G. sour cream eat it. H. green chiles C. She tasted it and it made her sick. D. She was stunned by its spiciness but learned to like it.

38. Why does the author consider Mexican food "soul food"? E. She considers it a cuisine of the common people. F.It is a cuisine that her whole fam ily likes. G. It fills her stomach and raises her spirits. H. It contains very simple, cheap ingredients.

39. The story the author tells about what happened when she took a tortilla baloney sandwich to school shows that A. even as a child, she preferred Mexican cuisine. B. she wanted to fit in at her new school and be like her friends. C. she wanted everyone to know that she was a Chicana. D. she liked to experiment with foods at an early age.

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