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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Personal Voice: Westbury Court, In the Kitchen, and Mirrorings.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Accawi feel about his village becoming a global community?
(a) He is nostalgic for his younger years.
(b) He hates everything about it.
(c) He loves the progression his community is undergoing.
(d) He thinks the village is on a search for a better life that they have yet to find.

2. What seemed to divide most households in Cofer's neighborhood?
(a) Who got the remote control for the TV.
(b) The desire to be back in their homeland.
(c) The desire to be assimilated into a white culture.
(d) Who had to do the dishes at night.

3. Pertaining to "The Telephone" where did Anwar Accawi grow up?
(a) Europe.
(b) A town in Arizona.
(c) Georgia.
(d) A small town in Jordan.

4. Where is the doctor from who has success on helping Grealy's disfigurement?
(a) Ireland.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Scotland.
(d) New York City.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Cofer reflecting on the memories of moving to New York City?

2. Pertaining to "Mirrorings," where do Lucy Grealy's doctors find a tumor?

3. Pertaining to "Silent Dancing" from what place does Cofer and her family immigrate?

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

5. Who does Gates recall having immaculate hair?

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