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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. What does Hodgman say is the best tasting, though still slightly bothered by its texture in "No Wonder They Call Me a Bitch"?
(a) Snacks.
(b) Dried oats.
(c) Dry.
(d) Wet.

2. What does Komunyakaa not tell his co-workers?
(a) That he is going to graduate school.
(b) That he has a terminal disease.
(c) That he is in love with their boss.
(d) That he is an illegal citizen.

3. Pertaining to the "The Inheritance of Tools," who is Sanders thinking of?
(a) His father.
(b) His grandfather.
(c) His mom.
(d) His first baseball coach.

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

5. Pertaining to "Merced," what is Ofri's patients name?
(a) Mercedes.
(b) Leah.
(c) Ava.
(d) Lexus.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Tan realize after becoming a renowned writer in "Mother Tongue"?

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

4. Why is Tan's way of developing her English language unusual in the work, "Mother Tongue"?

5. When does the lady in the apartment down the hall in "Westbury Court" realize that there is a fire?

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