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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. Why does Cofer's family move to New York City?
(a) To have a better life.
(b) So Cofer's brother could play baseball.
(c) They were restationed in the Army.
(d) They were running from the country's government.

2. Pertaining to "Silent Dancing" from what place does Cofer and her family immigrate?
(a) Ecquador.
(b) Costa Rica.
(c) Puerto Rico.
(d) Mexico.

3. What does Cofer NOT mention being in Little Puerto Rico?
(a) Speaking the same language.
(b) Puerto Rican restaurants.
(c) People that identity with their culture.
(d) Grocery stores with Puerto Rican food.

4. How is time or age measured in Accawi's village?
(a) With a sundial.
(b) By a calendar.
(c) By it's proximity to other events.
(d) With a stopwatch.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which female wants to define herself by what she did and how she treated others from the essay "Hair"?

3. In "Westbury Court," who moves into the apartment down the hall after the lady and her children move out?

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

5. Where does Gates go when he leaves America?

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