11. Brent Staples began to notice how people were profiling him. Which one of these is NOT an example in his narrative? a. People would cross the street to avoid him.
b. People called him a derogatory/offensive name.
c. People would locked their car doors when he passed by.
d. People assumed he was a thief and called the police.

12. TRUE or FALSE: College academic writing should include cited facts from research.
a. True
b. False

13. In college expository research writing, an objective point-of-view needs to be used in order to avoid an opinionated or biased paper. Which point-of-view should be used in EXPOSITORY writing? *
a. first person
b. second person
c. third person
d. passive voice

14. These statements about PLAGIARISM and CITATIONS are true EXCEPT FOR ONE. SELECT THE STATEMENT THAT IS FALSE. *
a. Plagiarism is copying another person's ideas without giving credit.
b. In-text citations are not needed if you paraphrase and reword ideas.
c. Direct quotes need quotation marks and an in-text citation.
d. Ideas and facts that are common knowledge do not need to be cited.

15. The writing process consists of stages in this order: *
d. Outlining, Brainstorming, Proofreading/Editing, Drafting/Revising
c. Drafting/Revising, Outlining, Proofreading/Editing, Brainstorming
b. Brainstorming, Outlining, Drafting/Revising, Proofreading/Editing
a. Proofreading/Editing, Brainstorming, Outlining, Drafting/Revising

16. The most important part of an essay is
a. The transition sentences
b. A minor supporting detail
c. The thesis statement
d. The title

17. The body paragraphs of an essay
a. provide evidence that support the thesis statement.
b. provide the works cited entries to match the in-text citations.
c. provide the thesis statement.
d. provide a concluding sentence.

18. In which state of the writing process should students focus on fixing errors in grammar, word choice, and MLA citations?
a. Brainstorming stage
b. Pre-writing stage
c. Drafting stage
d. Editing stage

19. What does MLA stand for?
a. Modern Linguistic Association
b. Modern Language Association
c. Main Language Arts
d. Major Lingual Associates

20. According to MLA guidelines, in what order should the items in the heading be listed from?
a. Student’s name, teacher’s name, class, and date.
b. Date, student’s name, class, and teacher’s name.
c. Student’s name, date, teacher’s name, and class.
d. Student’s name, class, date, and teacher’s name.

21. What is the preferred font and size for a paper written in MLA format? *
a. Calibri 10
b. Verdana 11
c. Times New Roman 12
d. Tahoma 13

22. Which one of these statements is TRUE?
a. The title should be centered and bolded.
b. Titles are always centered and italicized, bolded, and put in quotation marks.
c. Titles are always in 12-pt. font and centered but not italicized, bolded, or put in quotation marks.
d. Titles should be in a colorful font that is larger than the rest of the text in the paper.

23. According to MLA guidelines, the basic in-text citation should follow author page style (both the author’s last name and the page number need to be listed in the in-text citation when both are available). *
True
False

24. According to MLA guidelines, if the article has NO AUTHOR IS LISTED, what should be used in the in-text citation? *
a. The URL
b. The publisher's name
c. A shortened title of the article in quotes
d. No citation is necessary in this case

25. According to MLA, where is the correct placement of an in-text citation? *
a. Just before the information cited
b. Just after the information being cited, inside the period
c. On the last page of the paper
d. Just after the information cited, outside the period