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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Attentive Mind: Mail, A Lovely Sort of Lower Purpose, Heaven and Nature.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Pertaining to "Mother Tongue," what is Tan's profession?
(a) She is a waitress.
(b) She is a writer.
(c) She is an accountant.
(d) She is a stay at home mom.

2. Pertaining to "In the Kitchen," what is Gates reflecting on?
(a) His childhood home.
(b) His mother's cooking.
(c) Black hairstyles.
(d) Black athletes.

3. Why does Dillard later ride in the airplane in "The Stunt Pilot"?
(a) He flew her on her book tour.
(b) To see his tricks.
(c) To look at some mountains and travel to an island.
(d) They got married and flew together on their honeymoon.

4. In "Turning Point," what is the interviewee's primary purpose for performing?
(a) To bring recognition to this art.
(b) To expand the boundaries of art.
(c) To raise money to create his own company.
(d) To scare people.

5. What is Hoagland reflecting on in the essay "Heaven and Nature"?
(a) Suicide and its pyschological inspiration.
(b) His childhood.
(c) His wife's miscarraige.
(d) His second divorce.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Gates go when he leaves America?

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

3. What does the interviewee in "Turning Point" repeatedly refuse?

4. What did McPhee notice about his childhood gift?

5. Pertaining to "Silent Dancing" from what place does Cofer and her family immigrate?

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