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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Attentive Mind: Matriculation Fixation, Ali in Havana, and The Disposable Rocket.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the interviewee in "Turning Point" repeatedly refuse?
(a) Women.
(b) A TV show.
(c) An agent.
(d) Profit for his art.

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

3. Pertaining to "Book Marks" what parallel is McClanahan making to her own life story?
(a) Her first daughter's life.
(b) The direction of the wind.
(c) The underlinings in a library book, made by a previous reader.
(d) Her mother's life.

4. From "The Stunt Pilot" what is the name of the stunt pilot Dillard writes about?
(a) Davis Ronn.
(b) Davis Rahm.
(c) Dave Rhine.
(d) Dave Rahm.

5. What new thing happened to Frazier and his friends as they grew up in "A Lovely Sort of Lower Purpose"?
(a) They started to like girls.
(b) They began to feel guilty when they were not being productive.
(c) They all grew apart and weren't friends anymore.
(d) They realized being lazy was what they should do for a living.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Updike say that men think about their bodies?

4. According to "Silk Parachute," what does McPhee specifically mention about his childhood upbringing?

5. Which of the following does Aldrich not mention about her mother's concerns for her hair?

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