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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Attentive Mind: Turning Point, The Stunt Pilot, and Spring.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Pertaining to "Spring," what is Ehrlich recovering from?
(a) Bronchitis.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Leukemia.
(d) Lyme disease.

2. What does Grealy boycott?
(a) Chemotherapy.
(b) Going in public.
(c) Boys.
(d) Mirrors.

3. Who chastises Komunyakaa for keeping his reasoning for leaving a secret?
(a) Frank.
(b) No one.
(c) Lily.
(d) Maria.

4. Who said, "hair is like life- there is no need to be bound by the past because it can always be changed"?
(a) Aldrich.
(b) Aldrich's older sister .
(c) Aldrich's mother.
(d) Rhonda.

5. What was the one thing Grealy craved and completely lacked?
(a) Money to pay her debts.
(b) The ability to travel.
(c) Positive attention from boys.
(d) A dad.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the interviewee in "Turning Point" do?

2. Pertaining to "In the Kitchen," what is Gates reflecting on?

3. Where does Gates go when he leaves America?

4. What does Komunyakaa not tell his co-workers?

5. What did Sanders inherit in "The Inheritance of Tools"?

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