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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. From "The Blue Machinery," where does Komunyakaa work during a summer job?
(a) A mechanic shop.
(b) Subway.
(c) A shoe store.
(d) An electronics factory.

2. According to "Silk Parachute," what does McPhee specifically mention about his childhood upbringing?
(a) How he and his dad never played catch.
(b) His mother's devotion.
(c) How much colder winter was.
(d) The trouble he got into and the scoldings he received.

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

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

5. What does Frazier NOT mention creeping its way into idleness in "A Lovely Sort of Lower Purpose"?
(a) Comparing salaries.
(b) Complaining about wives or girlfriends.
(c) Complaing about business.
(d) Discussing children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maria compare Komunyakaa to?

2. What was one of the problems Fadiman mentions about 19th century postage in "Mail"?

3. Pertaining to "Mirrorings," where do Lucy Grealy's doctors find a tumor?

4. What does Ofri ultimately realize from her patient in "Merced"?

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

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