PrepTest 142, Section 3, Question 24
This passage is adapted from a review of(459 more words not shown)
The passage suggests that García(17 more words not shown)
- AIncreased ethnic consciousness(12 more words not shown)
- BIncreased familiarity among(15 more words not shown)
- CThe assimilation of(17 more words not shown)
- DMany Mexican Americans(21 more words not shown)
- EMany Mexican Americans(19 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Look for García's causal link, not the reviewer's doubts about it. García describes a new generation as more acculturated and hence more politically active. In plain language, greater familiarity with U.S. culture is supposed to help explain greater political involvement.
What we’re looking for
The contrast between inclusive wartime messages and experienced discrimination helps make that reasoning understandable: these leaders wanted full civil rights to match the inclusion being promised.
Working the answers
- A
Ethnic consciousness appears among the variables the reviewer says need further investigation. García is not reported to explain increased activism through an established increase in ethnic consciousness.
- BCorrect
This restates the link between greater cultural assimilation and increased political involvement (paragraph 3). The word hence connects familiarity with U.S. culture to the increase in activism. It is García's assumption, even though the reviewer questions how broadly the account applies.
- C
This reverses García's direction. He associates acculturation with more activity, not a lack of political interest.
- D
Greater political activity and a desire for civil rights do not establish a move to political militancy. The account emphasizes liberal reform and separately describes the later Chicanos as more militant.
- E
Discrimination is part of the stated motivation, but the wartime rhetoric is described as inclusive, not patronizing. E changes the character of the rhetoric and therefore the explanation for the response.
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