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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Personal Voice: The Blue Machinery of Summer, Book Marks, and Silk Parachute.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Grealy boycott?
(a) Chemotherapy.
(b) Going in public.
(c) Boys.
(d) Mirrors.

2. What does Komunyakaa not tell his co-workers?
(a) That he is an illegal citizen.
(b) That he is in love with their boss.
(c) That he is going to graduate school.
(d) That he has a terminal disease.

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

4. From "The Blue Machinery," where does Komunyakaa work during a summer job?
(a) A shoe store.
(b) A mechanic shop.
(c) An electronics factory.
(d) Subway.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who seems to be the previous library book reader of "Book Marks"?

4. How is time or age measured in Accawi's village?

5. Who does Komunyakaa become close with where he works?

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