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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 feeling does Frazier seem to take about society's lack of idleness in "A Lovely Sort of Lower Purpose"?
(a) It is tragic.
(b) He doesn't care either way.
(c) He is hopeful.
(d) It is maddening.

2. What does Ofri originally think is the problem with her patient in "Merced?
(a) She has leukemia.
(b) She has aseptic meningitis.
(c) She has a tumor.
(d) She has lyme disease.

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

4. What is the lady in "Westbury Court" doing when the firemen come inside her apartment?
(a) Watching television.
(b) Taking a shower.
(c) Taking a nap.
(d) Cooking.

5. Who does Gates recall having immaculate hair?
(a) August Wilson.
(b) His dad.
(c) Nat King Cole.
(d) Martin Luther King.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sanders begin a new carpentry project in "The Inheritance of Tools"?

2. How do Gates and his community cheaply straighten their hair?

3. What does Sanders say about a tool verses a machine in "The Inheritance of Tools'?

4. Pertaining to "The Telephone" where did Anwar Accawi grow up?

5. What is the ultimate solution to the type of death discussed in "Heaven and Nature"?

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