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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. What happens to change Ofri's state of being in "Merced"?
(a) Her patient becomes brain dead and will not survive another week.
(b) Her patient comes in completely cured.
(c) Her patient changes doctors because Ofri misdiagnosed her.
(d) Her patient dies at home.

2. What is McPhee reflecting on at the beginning of the essay?
(a) His marriage.
(b) A gift.
(c) His mother.
(d) A memory.

3. What were hair "kinks" a symbol of in Gate's essay, "In the Kitchen"?
(a) That they wanted to be famous.
(b) That they were poor.
(c) That their mom didn't know how to do hair.
(d) How one's black identity will always be a part of them even if they try to change it.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Frazier NOT mention creeping its way into idleness in "A Lovely Sort of Lower Purpose"?

2. What does Grealy realize oppressed her all her life?

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

4. Where does Gates go when he leaves America?

5. What does Tan realize after becoming a renowned writer in "Mother Tongue"?

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