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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. From "The Blue Machinery," where does Komunyakaa work during a summer job?
(a) Subway.
(b) A shoe store.
(c) A mechanic shop.
(d) An electronics factory.

2. What did Sanders inherit in "The Inheritance of Tools"?
(a) A car.
(b) A house.
(c) An old rocking chair.
(d) His dad's carpentry tools.

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

4. What is the lady in "Westbury Court" doing when the firemen come inside her apartment?
(a) Watching television.
(b) Taking a nap.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Taking a shower.

5. Pertaining to "Westbury Court," with what is Danticat struggling?
(a) Friends at school.
(b) Nuances and inconsistences of childhood memories.
(c) His mom.
(d) His first kiss.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ethnicity is Lily?

2. What is McPhee reflecting on at the beginning of the essay?

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

4. What was McPhee fascinated by as a child?

5. How did Accawi's village become part of the global community?

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