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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Attentive Mind: No Wonder They Call Me a Bitch, The Stone Horse, and They All Just Went Away.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is this gift special to Sanders in "The Inheritance of Tools"?
(a) They make him a man.
(b) He likes antiques.
(c) He learned his skills right next to his dad with them.
(d) They built his first house.

2. What does Fadiman think about the possibility of a published book of emails in "Mail"?
(a) She wishes email were never invented.
(b) She hopes they are never published.
(c) She is excited and will help publish the first one.
(d) She is horrified of the idea of a grammatically incorrect book.

3. What did Sanders inherit in "The Inheritance of Tools"?
(a) An old rocking chair.
(b) A car.
(c) A house.
(d) His dad's carpentry tools.

4. What did Hodgman find in her food that made her question the experiment for science's sake in "No Wonder They Call Me a Bitch"?
(a) A foul odor.
(b) She had dog breath.
(c) Her stomach's reaction to the food.
(d) A large vein in her morsels.

5. Pertaining to "Mirrorings," where do Lucy Grealy's doctors find a tumor?
(a) Her cheek.
(b) Her knee.
(c) Her breast.
(d) Her brain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Gates go when he leaves America?

2. What did McPhee notice about his childhood gift?

3. What does Grealy look down on?

4. What was the verdict on the dry foods taste in "No Wonder They Call Me a Bitch"?

5. What does Grealy boycott?

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