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Andrea Lee, Anthropology

Andrea Lee, Anthropology

Read Anthropology and check your comprehension by answering the following questions. Then “submit” your work.

1. The narrator compares Undine to

Cinderella.

Rapunzel.

Snow White.

Sleeping Beauty.

2. What adjective might be used to characterize the narrator’s interaction with her cousin?

overly intimate

fun

uncomplicated

tense

3. At their wedding, the narrator’s in-laws were surprised to learn that this interracial marriage had allied them to Aunt Noah,

“who wore a brightly colored polyester dashiki.”

“who batted her eyelashes at my new father-in-law.”

“who appeared to be an elderly white Southern housewife.”

“who was drunker than a skunk on the dance floor.”

4. What did the narrator decide to write about when visiting Aunt Noah?

grits

scrambled eggs

squash blossoms

quilts

5. How did the narrator hurt her family with her story?

She called them black.

She called them white.

She called them ignorant.

She called them childish.