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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. Who of Cofer's family members had problems assimilating into their new neighborhood?
(a) Her dog.
(b) Her father.
(c) Cofer.
(d) Her mother.

2. What was the one thing Grealy craved and completely lacked?
(a) A dad.
(b) The ability to travel.
(c) Money to pay her debts.
(d) Positive attention from boys.

3. Which female wants to define herself by what she did and how she treated others from the essay "Hair"?
(a) Her youngest sister.
(b) Aldrich's older sister.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Aldrich.

4. Which of the following does Aldrich not mention about her mother's concerns for her hair?
(a) Washing and drying.
(b) Cutting.
(c) Dying .
(d) Curling.

5. What is Ehrlich reflecting on in "Spring"?
(a) Her illness.
(b) The beautiful country.
(c) The insignificance of human existence .
(d) Her late husband.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What happened to the boy Ehrlich referred to in her essay, "Spring"?

4. What were hair "kinks" a symbol of in Gate's essay, "In the Kitchen"?

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

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