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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Personal Voice: The Blue Machinery of Summer, Book Marks, and Silk Parachute.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Pertaining to "Mirrorings," where do Lucy Grealy's doctors find a tumor?
(a) Her knee.
(b) Her brain.
(c) Her breast.
(d) Her cheek.

2. What does Maria compare Komunyakaa to?
(a) A grumpy mechanic.
(b) The wind, that moves in nomadic directions.
(c) A wise owl.
(d) A man who leaves a woman after he gets what he wanted from her.

3. What does Aldrich think is achieved when manifesting the perfect hairstyle?
(a) Jealousy or envy of others.
(b) Self confidence.
(c) Completing an incomplete soul.
(d) The perfect husband.

4. Pertaining to "In the Kitchen," what is Gates reflecting on?
(a) Black hairstyles.
(b) His mother's cooking.
(c) His childhood home.
(d) Black athletes.

5. Who does Adlrich recall being obsessed with their hair?
(a) Her best friend.
(b) Herself.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her older sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who chastises Komunyakaa for keeping his reasoning for leaving a secret?

2. What was the one thing Grealy craved and completely lacked?

3. What does McClanahan se from the margins of the previous reader?

4. Who has the worst hair of Aldrich's family?

5. Who does Komunyakaa become close with where he works?

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