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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Personal Voice: Westbury Court, In the Kitchen, and Mirrorings.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who has the worst hair of Aldrich's family?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her older sister.
(c) Aldrich's youngest sister.
(d) Aldrich.

2. What question is Danticat asking at the end of the essay, "Westbury Court"?
(a) How the fire started.
(b) If her memory is correct and those children died.
(c) How to contact the lady.
(d) If the lady died.

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

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

5. How does Accawi feel about his village becoming a global community?
(a) He is nostalgic for his younger years.
(b) He hates everything about it.
(c) He loves the progression his community is undergoing.
(d) He thinks the village is on a search for a better life that they have yet to find.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Grealy look down on?

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

3. What does Grealy feel she was being praised for during her battle with chemotherapy?.

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

5. What seemed to divide most households in Cofer's neighborhood?

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