Part A.
1. The main idea of the selection is that
b) for women, farm life with its endless preoccupation with food and toil, overwhelmed any chance for independence.
2. The writer's purpose in the selection is to
a) explain the difficulties and limited opportunities in the lives of small farm owners.
Part B.
1. Daily life on the Mason's family farm for the women almost exclusively centered around
b) growing and preparing food.
2. Rather than cooking or helping around the farm, Mason preferred to spend her time
d) reading.
3. Mason describes a sort of psychological poverty, the result of
a) being denied the good life offered in the nearby town.
4. Mason's mother wanted to cook at the Mayfield Restaurant because
b) she wanted to earn money to buy her family things that they didn't have.
5. Which of the following was not mentioned as a reason that Mason's mother quit working at the restaurant?
d) She found the work too tiring with all the other duties she had to perform at home.
Part F.
1. obsessed with food - preoccupied
2. the toil drove me crazy - exhausting labor
3. a recurrent food dream - happening over and over
4. laden with beautiful foods - heavy, loaded
5. working with food was fraught with anxiety - weighed down, filled with
6. any portent of the morrow - prophetic sign, omen
7. I was acutely conscious - sharply, intensely
8. only plain hearty food - providing abundant nourishment
9. conversation detracted from - took away, lessened
10. the sensuous pleasure - appealing to one's senses
11. we ate sumptuous meals - lavish, extravagantly large
12. on the mezzanine at that store - partial story between two main stories
13. the intoxicating smell of hamburgers - stimulating, exciting
14. she was resilient and optimistic - quick to recover, hardy
15. I listened avidly to everything - eagerly, enthusiastically
1. The main idea of the selection is that
b) for women, farm life with its endless preoccupation with food and toil, overwhelmed any chance for independence.
2. The writer's purpose in the selection is to
a) explain the difficulties and limited opportunities in the lives of small farm owners.
Part B.
1. Daily life on the Mason's family farm for the women almost exclusively centered around
b) growing and preparing food.
2. Rather than cooking or helping around the farm, Mason preferred to spend her time
d) reading.
3. Mason describes a sort of psychological poverty, the result of
a) being denied the good life offered in the nearby town.
4. Mason's mother wanted to cook at the Mayfield Restaurant because
b) she wanted to earn money to buy her family things that they didn't have.
5. Which of the following was not mentioned as a reason that Mason's mother quit working at the restaurant?
d) She found the work too tiring with all the other duties she had to perform at home.
Part F.
1. obsessed with food - preoccupied
2. the toil drove me crazy - exhausting labor
3. a recurrent food dream - happening over and over
4. laden with beautiful foods - heavy, loaded
5. working with food was fraught with anxiety - weighed down, filled with
6. any portent of the morrow - prophetic sign, omen
7. I was acutely conscious - sharply, intensely
8. only plain hearty food - providing abundant nourishment
9. conversation detracted from - took away, lessened
10. the sensuous pleasure - appealing to one's senses
11. we ate sumptuous meals - lavish, extravagantly large
12. on the mezzanine at that store - partial story between two main stories
13. the intoxicating smell of hamburgers - stimulating, exciting
14. she was resilient and optimistic - quick to recover, hardy
15. I listened avidly to everything - eagerly, enthusiastically
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