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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. If lack of love is the reason for suicide, what does Hoagland suggest to those who know love?
(a) Cherish it .
(b) To remember those moments forever.
(c) To reconsider how they live their life.
(d) To give love to anyone they meet.

2. What is Updike comparing in "The Disposable Rocket"?
(a) Male bodies to female bodies.
(b) Ice creams.
(c) Cats and dogs.
(d) Texas barbeque and Memphis barbeque.

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

4. What did McPhee notice about his childhood gift?
(a) The color.
(b) How heavy it was.
(c) That it was expensive.
(d) The elegant and steady way it always returned to him.

5. Why is Sanders thinking about this particular gift from his father in "The Inheritance of Tools"?
(a) His father died.
(b) He wants to build a new shed for his tools.
(c) He wants to teach his son how to use them.
(d) He has a new carpentry job.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aldrich think is achieved when manifesting the perfect hairstyle?

2. How did Accawi's village become part of the global community?

3. What question is Danticat asking at the end of the essay, "Westbury Court"?

4. What does Updike say about the female in "The Disposable Rocket"?

5. Where is the doctor from who has success on helping Grealy's disfigurement?

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