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

2. Who does Gates recall having immaculate hair?
(a) His dad.
(b) Nat King Cole.
(c) August Wilson.
(d) Martin Luther King.

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

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

5. What does Grealy realize oppressed her all her life?
(a) Her disfigurement.
(b) The anxiety over her appearance.
(c) Not being able to get her driver's license.
(d) Doctors telling her she would never look normal.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. When does the lady in the apartment down the hall in "Westbury Court" realize that there is a fire?

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

5. What does Cofer NOT mention being in Little Puerto Rico?

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