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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. Why does Sanders begin a new carpentry project in "The Inheritance of Tools"?
(a) To be close to his dad spiritually.
(b) To show is son what he used to do in his free time.
(c) His dad told him to finish what he started.
(d) To get money for the project.

2. What ethnicity is Lily?
(a) Korean.
(b) Chinese.
(c) Vietnamese.
(d) Japanese.

3. Who seems to be the previous library book reader of "Book Marks"?
(a) No one, the book is new.
(b) A child.
(c) Her husband's mistress.
(d) A woman.

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

5. What is McPhee reflecting on at the beginning of the essay?
(a) His marriage.
(b) A gift.
(c) His mother.
(d) A memory.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. From "The Blue Machinery," where does Komunyakaa work during a summer job?

3. Why is Tan's way of developing her English language unusual in the work, "Mother Tongue"?

4. What does Grealy boycott?

5. In Mother Tongue, who always made sense to Tan, even if the speech was grammatically incorrect?

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