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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Attentive Mind: Mail, A Lovely Sort of Lower Purpose, Heaven and Nature.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Ehrlich spending the spring in "Spring"?
(a) Colorado.
(b) Wyoming.
(c) Nebraska.
(d) Florida.

2. What is the main sign that McClanahan's first marriage is doomed to sadness?
(a) McClanahan could not have any children.
(b) She was in love with her best friend.
(c) McClanahan cheated on him with another man.
(d) Her husband impregnated another woman.

3. What new thing happened to Frazier and his friends as they grew up in "A Lovely Sort of Lower Purpose"?
(a) They started to like girls.
(b) They all grew apart and weren't friends anymore.
(c) They realized being lazy was what they should do for a living.
(d) They began to feel guilty when they were not being productive.

4. What happened to the boy Ehrlich referred to in her essay, "Spring"?
(a) He died from cancer.
(b) He committed suicide.
(c) He died in a car accident.
(d) He moved away to another town.

5. Who does Komunyakaa become close with where he works?
(a) Frank and Lily.
(b) Lily.
(c) Frank.
(d) Fred and Laura.

Short Answer Questions

1. Pertaining to "Spring," what is Ehrlich recovering from?

2. Why is this gift special to Sanders in "The Inheritance of Tools"?

3. What two things does Fadiman compare in "Mail"?

4. Pertaining to the "The Inheritance of Tools," who is Sanders thinking of?

5. What does Dillard compare the exhaust trail of the plane to in "The Stunt Pilot"?

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