View a FREE sample

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 Ofri originally think is the problem with her patient in "Merced?
(a) She has lyme disease.
(b) She has a tumor.
(c) She has aseptic meningitis.
(d) She has leukemia.

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

3. What does McPhee compare his gift to in "Silk Parachute."
(a) His mother.
(b) Nature.
(c) His father.
(d) His life up until that point.

4. What did McPhee notice about his childhood gift?
(a) The elegant and steady way it always returned to him.
(b) The color.
(c) That it was expensive.
(d) How heavy it was.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the lady in "Westbury Court" doing when the firemen come inside her apartment?

2. What is Oates reflecting on and comparing in "They All Just Went Away"?

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

4. In "Westbury Court," who moves into the apartment down the hall after the lady and her children move out?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 256 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample