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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. If lack of love is the reason for suicide, what does Hoagland suggest to those who know love?
(a) To remember those moments forever.
(b) Cherish it .
(c) To give love to anyone they meet.
(d) To reconsider how they live their life.

2. What does Ofri think about her diagnosis in "Merced"?
(a) She is afraid she is wrong.
(b) She thinks she is the smartest doctor.
(c) She feels on top of her profession.
(d) She wants to have a second opinion.

3. What was one of the problems Fadiman mentions about 19th century postage in "Mail"?
(a) The recipient, not the sender had to pay for the postage.
(b) It was too expensive to send anything.
(c) No one used street addresses.
(d) It took too long to send mail.

4. What is McPhee reflecting on at the beginning of the essay?
(a) His mother.
(b) A gift.
(c) His marriage.
(d) A memory.

5. What type of love does Hoagland say is enough to make a man happy in "Heaven and Nature"?
(a) A mother's love.
(b) Simply loving the world.
(c) A romantic relationship.
(d) Love from God.

Short Answer Questions

1. What new thing happened to Frazier and his friends as they grew up in "A Lovely Sort of Lower Purpose"?

2. Who chastises Komunyakaa for keeping his reasoning for leaving a secret?

3. What does Grealy feel she was being praised for during her battle with chemotherapy?.

4. How do Gates and his community cheaply straighten their hair?

5. When McClanahan's husband leaves her, what does she do?

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