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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. When does the lady in the apartment down the hall in "Westbury Court" realize that there is a fire?
(a) When she wakes up.
(b) When she hears her screaming children.
(c) When the firemen come in.
(d) When she sees smoke.

2. Why is Tan's way of developing her English language unusual in the work, "Mother Tongue"?
(a) She went to a Chinese school, but their English program was great.
(b) Her mother taught her.
(c) She learned to speak different forms in different contexts.
(d) She stayed after school and worked with her teacher.

3. Why would people not take Tan's mother seriously in "Mother Tongue"?
(a) She had a lazy eye.
(b) She was illiterate.
(c) She was really obese.
(d) She spoke broken English.

4. Who of Cofer's family members had problems assimilating into their new neighborhood?
(a) Her dog.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Cofer.

5. Pertaining to "Mother Tongue," what is Tan's profession?
(a) She is a stay at home mom.
(b) She is an accountant.
(c) She is a waitress.
(d) She is a writer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Gates recall having immaculate hair?

2. Pertaining to "Hair" what does Aldrich associate hair to?

3. For what did McClanahan pay?

4. Pertaining to "Merced," what is Ofri's patients name?

5. What are the benefits of Accawi's village becoming a global community?

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