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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 Sanders thinking about this particular gift from his father in "The Inheritance of Tools"?
(a) He wants to teach his son how to use them.
(b) He has a new carpentry job.
(c) He wants to build a new shed for his tools.
(d) His father died.

2. What issue is Frazier discussing about the modern world in the essay "A Lovely Sort of Lower Purpose"?
(a) The need to eat all organic foods.
(b) Our need to make more money.
(c) Our inability to be idle.
(d) Our obsession with technology.

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

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

5. What is Fadiman reflecting on in "Mail"?
(a) Her childhood.
(b) Postage expenses.
(c) The history of communication.
(d) The invention of the telephone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who seems to be the previous library book reader of "Book Marks"?

2. What was the verdict of the wet food in "No Wonder They Call Me a Bitch"?

3. What nationality is Tan in the essay "Mother Tongue"?

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

5. What is Hodgman testing in her essay "No Wonder They Call Me a Bitch"?

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