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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 Sanders say about a tool verses a machine in "The Inheritance of Tools'?
(a) A tool relies heavily on the person who yields it.
(b) A tool is easier to use than a machine.
(c) A tool is cheaper than a machine.
(d) A machine does more efficient work than a tool.

2. What is Oates reflecting on and comparing in "They All Just Went Away"?
(a) A house and a home.
(b) Beef verses chicken.
(c) A cat and dog.
(d) Her three children.

3. How do Gates and his community cheaply straighten their hair?
(a) By using an iron.
(b) They combed it over and over each night.
(c) By putting grease on it and keeping a stocking or rag on their head for a few days.
(d) They had straightening parties and all helped each other.

4. What feeling does Frazier seem to take about society's lack of idleness in "A Lovely Sort of Lower Purpose"?
(a) He doesn't care either way.
(b) It is maddening.
(c) He is hopeful.
(d) It is tragic.

5. What are the neighbors names that Oates mentions in "They All Just Went Away"?
(a) The Waters.
(b) The Weidels.
(c) The Weaks.
(d) The Weems.

Short Answer Questions

1. From "The Blue Machinery," where does Komunyakaa work during a summer job?

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

3. What issue is Frazier discussing about the modern world in the essay "A Lovely Sort of Lower Purpose"?

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

5. What kind of art is the Quechan horse in "The Stone Horse"?

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