"I Want to Be Miss America"

17. What did the sisters expect the future to hold for them? (1 point)

O getting married and having children

O going to college and starting a career

O living on their own and finding boyfriends

O staying home and taking care of their parents

18. In "I Want to Be Miss America." what is it that gratifies the author years later but comes too

late?

(1 point)

when American women want to look "ethnic" like her

when she is finally able to look like a beauty contestant

Owhen she stops trying to fit into the mold of American beauty

when she quits doubting that she belongs in her new country

when she embraces her cultural identity and realizes she doesn't need to conform to Western beauty standards to feel validated