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What is the author's name?
Bharati Mukherjee
How were Bharati and Mira before they moved to America?
A) Distant and competitive
B) Very close and shared similar values
C) Strangers who rarely spoke
D) Opposite in personality and beliefs
B
What rhetorical strategy does this show?: “Have we the right to demand and to expect that we be loved?”
Rhetorical Question
Who is Mira?
Mukherjee's sister
What caused the sisters’ relationship to change?
A) Mira moved back to India
B) Bharati became an American citizen while Mira stayed an Indian citizen
C) They both lost their jobs
D) Bharati refused to speak to her sister
B
What rhetorical strategy does this show?: “I am an American citizen and she is not. I am moved that thousands of long-term residents are finally taking the oath of citizenship. She is not."
Juxtaposition
True or false: Mira is an American citizen
False
How do Mukherjee and her sister communicate?
They communicate through the phone.
What rhetorical strategy is this? : "America spoke to me— I married it..."
metaphor/personification
True or false: Mira lives in New York
False
What does the sisters’ story suggest about how immigration can affect families?
A) It always separates them completely.
B) It forces everyone to choose between family and success.
C) It can create emotional distance, but love can still endure.
D) It always improves relationships through shared struggle.
C
What rhetorical strategy is this?: "...I love my work, I love my students, I love the friends I've made."
Anaphora
Mukherjee married a(n)______
A) fellow student, an American of Canadian parentage
B) Indian student
A
The sisters’ different responses to immigration symbolize what larger theme?
A) The contrast between economic success and failure.
B) The balance between independence and dependence.
C) The struggle between assimilation and cultural preservation.
D) The difference between urban and rural lifestyles.
C
What rhetorical strategy is this: "She is happier to live in America as expatriate Indian than as an immigrant American."
Irony