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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. 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.

2. According to "Silk Parachute," what does McPhee specifically mention about his childhood upbringing?
(a) How he and his dad never played catch.
(b) How much colder winter was.
(c) The trouble he got into and the scoldings he received.
(d) His mother's devotion.

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

4. What does Grealy look down on?
(a) Those who never had cancer.
(b) Those who pride themselves on intellect.
(c) Those who don't recycle.
(d) Those who pride themselves for their good looks.

5. What seemed to divide most households in Cofer's neighborhood?
(a) The desire to be assimilated into a white culture.
(b) The desire to be back in their homeland.
(c) Who had to do the dishes at night.
(d) Who got the remote control for the TV.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who has the worst hair of Aldrich's family?

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

4. Who seems to be the previous library book reader of "Book Marks"?

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

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