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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. Where is the Quechan stone monument in "The Stone Horse"?
(a) The California Dessert.
(b) Next to Yosimite National Park.
(c) Africa.
(d) Close to the Grand Canyon.

2. What does Grealy boycott?
(a) Boys.
(b) Mirrors.
(c) Going in public.
(d) Chemotherapy.

3. What does Updike say about the female in "The Disposable Rocket"?
(a) It is curvy.
(b) It is gentle.
(c) It is soft.
(d) It is delicate.

4. Why would people not take Tan's mother seriously in "Mother Tongue"?
(a) She was really obese.
(b) She was illiterate.
(c) She had a lazy eye.
(d) She spoke broken English.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Updike comparing in "The Disposable Rocket"?

2. From "The Stunt Pilot" what is the name of the stunt pilot Dillard writes about?

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

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

5. What does McPhee compare his gift to in "Silk Parachute."

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