The Best American Essays Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

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The Best American Essays Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

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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 happens to change Ofri's state of being in "Merced"?
(a) Her patient dies at home.
(b) Her patient changes doctors because Ofri misdiagnosed her.
(c) Her patient comes in completely cured.
(d) Her patient becomes brain dead and will not survive another week.

2. What issue is Frazier discussing about the modern world in the essay "A Lovely Sort of Lower Purpose"?
(a) The need to eat all organic foods.
(b) Our need to make more money.
(c) Our obsession with technology.
(d) Our inability to be idle.

3. What did Hodgman find in her food that made her question the experiment for science's sake in "No Wonder They Call Me a Bitch"?
(a) A foul odor.
(b) She had dog breath.
(c) Her stomach's reaction to the food.
(d) A large vein in her morsels.

4. In "Westbury Court," who moves into the apartment down the hall after the lady and her children move out?
(a) An old man.
(b) A group of Haitian musicians.
(c) It remains vacant.
(d) Another family.

5. What does Tan realize after becoming a renowned writer in "Mother Tongue"?
(a) That her mother's English is no less legitimate.
(b) That her mother is pretty on the inside.
(c) That their are varied forms of the English language.
(d) That Tan has the best English grammar.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is this gift special to Sanders in "The Inheritance of Tools"?

3. What is the ultimate solution to the type of death discussed in "Heaven and Nature"?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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