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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 mother.
(b) His father.
(c) Nature.
(d) His life up until that point.

2. What does Ofri think about her diagnosis in "Merced"?
(a) She feels on top of her profession.
(b) She is afraid she is wrong.
(c) She thinks she is the smartest doctor.
(d) She wants to have a second opinion.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What were hair "kinks" a symbol of in Gate's essay, "In the Kitchen"?

2. What did McPhee notice about his childhood gift?

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

4. Who chastises Komunyakaa for keeping his reasoning for leaving a secret?

5. Why does Cofer's family move to New York City?

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