Marilyn Chin's We Are Americans Now, We Live in the Tundra was published in which year?

• A. 1987
• B. 2019
• C. 1929
• D. 1939

Answer: (A)

This question tests when Marilyn Chin’s line appeared in print. Chin’s career took shape in the 1980s, and she was born in 1955, so dates from the 1920s or 1930s don’t fit her lifetime. A 2019 publication would place the line in a much later context than where it’s usually associated in her early work. The phrase is linked to her first major book of poems published in the late 1980s, which aligns with the year 1987. So, 1987 is the best match because it sits in the period when this piece and similar early work by Chin were released, reflecting immigrant and American identity themes characteristic of that era. If you want to verify, check a bibliography of Chin’s works around the 1987 publication of her early poetry collection.