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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. Which female wants to define herself by what she did and how she treated others from the essay "Hair"?
(a) Aldrich.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her youngest sister.
(d) Aldrich's older sister.

2. 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's older sister .
(c) Aldrich's mother.
(d) Aldrich.

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

4. Why does Grealy end her boycott?
(a) A boy she has lunch with is not disgusted by her.
(b) She is asked on a date.
(c) She is asked to be a model.
(d) She has another surgery.

5. Pertaining to "Hair" what does Aldrich associate hair to?
(a) Mammals.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Aldrich's best feature.
(d) A woman's personal identity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Grealy feel she was being praised for during her battle with chemotherapy?.

2. How did Accawi's village become part of the global community?

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

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

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

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