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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. Pertaining to "Hair" what does Aldrich associate hair to?
(a) Mammals.
(b) Her mother.
(c) A woman's personal identity.
(d) Aldrich's best feature.

2. How is time or age measured in Accawi's village?
(a) With a stopwatch.
(b) With a sundial.
(c) By it's proximity to other events.
(d) By a calendar.

3. Why does Grealy end her boycott?
(a) She has another surgery.
(b) She is asked to be a model.
(c) A boy she has lunch with is not disgusted by her.
(d) She is asked on a date.

4. What gift did McPhee's mom give him?
(a) A silk parachute.
(b) A toy firetruck.
(c) A cute outfit with fire trucks on them.
(d) A toy airplane.

5. How do Gates and his community cheaply straighten their hair?
(a) By putting grease on it and keeping a stocking or rag on their head for a few days.
(b) They combed it over and over each night.
(c) They had straightening parties and all helped each other.
(d) By using an iron.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Maria compare Komunyakaa to?

3. Pertaining to "Westbury Court," with what is Danticat struggling?

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

5. What does Grealy boycott?

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