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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. Where does Gates go when he leaves America?
(a) Zanzibar.
(b) Paris.
(c) Ecquador.
(d) Morocco.

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

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

4. What was the one thing Grealy craved and completely lacked?
(a) Money to pay her debts.
(b) A dad.
(c) Positive attention from boys.
(d) The ability to travel.

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's older sister .
(d) Aldrich.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who chastises Komunyakaa for keeping his reasoning for leaving a secret?

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

3. Pertaining to "Book Marks" what parallel is McClanahan making to her own life story?

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

5. Who has the worst hair of Aldrich's family?

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