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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 question is Danticat asking at the end of the essay, "Westbury Court"?
(a) How to contact the lady.
(b) If the lady died.
(c) If her memory is correct and those children died.
(d) How the fire started.

2. 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.

3. Where is the doctor from who has success on helping Grealy's disfigurement?
(a) New York City.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Scotland.
(d) Ireland.

4. Pertaining to "In the Kitchen," what is Gates reflecting on?
(a) Black hairstyles.
(b) His mother's cooking.
(c) His childhood home.
(d) Black athletes.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For what did McClanahan pay?

3. What ethnicity is Lily?

4. Why would people not take Tan's mother seriously in "Mother Tongue"?

5. What happens to change Ofri's state of being in "Merced"?

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