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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Personal Voice: Merced, The Inheritance of Tools, and Mother Tongue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the main sign that McClanahan's first marriage is doomed to sadness?
(a) Her husband impregnated another woman.
(b) McClanahan cheated on him with another man.
(c) She was in love with her best friend.
(d) McClanahan could not have any children.

2. What is the real problem with Ofri's patient in "Merced"?
(a) She has lyme disease.
(b) She has a tumor.
(c) She has aseptic meningitis.
(d) She has leukemia.

3. Who does Komunyakaa become close with where he works?
(a) Lily.
(b) Frank and Lily.
(c) Frank.
(d) Fred and Laura.

4. Which of the following does Aldrich not mention about her mother's concerns for her hair?
(a) Dying .
(b) Washing and drying.
(c) Cutting.
(d) Curling.

5. Who said, "hair is like life- there is no need to be bound by the past because it can always be changed"?
(a) Aldrich's mother.
(b) Aldrich's older sister .
(c) Aldrich.
(d) Rhonda.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who seems to be the previous library book reader of "Book Marks"?

2. Pertaining to "Mirrorings," where do Lucy Grealy's doctors find a tumor?

3. What happens to change Ofri's state of being in "Merced"?

4. What does Ofri originally think is the problem with her patient in "Merced?

5. Where does Gates go when he leaves America?

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