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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 were hair "kinks" a symbol of in Gate's essay, "In the Kitchen"?
(a) That their mom didn't know how to do hair.
(b) How one's black identity will always be a part of them even if they try to change it.
(c) That they were poor.
(d) That they wanted to be famous.

2. What type of experience does Lopez have when he examines the stone horse in "The Stone Horse"?
(a) Ultimate kindness.
(b) A religious one.
(c) A pyschotic response.
(d) An excited one.

3. Pertaining to "Book Marks" what parallel is McClanahan making to her own life story?
(a) Her mother's life.
(b) Her first daughter's life.
(c) The direction of the wind.
(d) The underlinings in a library book, made by a previous reader.

4. Who chastises Komunyakaa for keeping his reasoning for leaving a secret?
(a) Maria.
(b) Lily.
(c) No one.
(d) Frank.

5. What was the result on the chicken and beef in "No Wonder They Call Me a Bitch"?
(a) They tasted like fish.
(b) They were undetectable.
(c) They were juicy.
(d) They were unflavored.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to "Silk Parachute," what does McPhee specifically mention about his childhood upbringing?

2. Why does Grealy end her boycott?

3. What does Frazier recall about his childhood in "A Lovely Sort of Lower Purpose"?

4. Why is Sanders thinking about this particular gift from his father in "The Inheritance of Tools"?

5. Where is the Quechan stone monument in "The Stone Horse"?

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