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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Attentive Mind: Turning Point, The Stunt Pilot, and Spring.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Aldrich think is achieved when manifesting the perfect hairstyle?
(a) Completing an incomplete soul.
(b) Self confidence.
(c) The perfect husband.
(d) Jealousy or envy of others.

2. How does Accawi feel about his village becoming a global community?
(a) He loves the progression his community is undergoing.
(b) He thinks the village is on a search for a better life that they have yet to find.
(c) He is nostalgic for his younger years.
(d) He hates everything about it.

3. What does Sanders say about a tool verses a machine in "The Inheritance of Tools'?
(a) A tool is cheaper than a machine.
(b) A tool is easier to use than a machine.
(c) A tool relies heavily on the person who yields it.
(d) A machine does more efficient work than a tool.

4. Why is this gift special to Sanders in "The Inheritance of Tools"?
(a) They make him a man.
(b) He learned his skills right next to his dad with them.
(c) They built his first house.
(d) He likes antiques.

5. Pertaining to "Turning Point," who does Chelminski interview?
(a) James Joyce.
(b) Sean Penn.
(c) Philippe Petit.
(d) Madonna.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the interviewee in "Turning point" want people to remember about the Twin Towers?

2. Pertaining to "Hair" what does Aldrich associate hair to?

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

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

5. What does McPhee compare his gift to in "Silk Parachute."

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