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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 does McPhee compare his gift to in "Silk Parachute."
(a) His life up until that point.
(b) Nature.
(c) His mother.
(d) His father.

2. In Mother Tongue, who always made sense to Tan, even if the speech was grammatically incorrect?
(a) Tan's teacher.
(b) Tan's mom.
(c) Tan's sister.
(d) Tan's dog.

3. What does Grealy feel she was being praised for during her battle with chemotherapy?.
(a) Surviving the treatment.
(b) Being brave.
(c) Hiding the pain.
(d) Her positive attutude.

4. Why does Cofer's family move to New York City?
(a) They were running from the country's government.
(b) To have a better life.
(c) They were restationed in the Army.
(d) So Cofer's brother could play baseball.

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 older sister .
(b) Aldrich.
(c) Aldrich's mother.
(d) Rhonda.

Short Answer Questions

1. When McClanahan's husband leaves her, what does she do?

2. How did Accawi's village become part of the global community?

3. What did Sanders inherit in "The Inheritance of Tools"?

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

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

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