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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 feel she was being praised for during her battle with chemotherapy?.
(a) Surviving the treatment.
(b) Hiding the pain.
(c) Being brave.
(d) Her positive attutude.

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

3. What was McPhee fascinated by as a child?
(a) Airplanes.
(b) Fire trucks.
(c) Parachutes.
(d) Space shuttles.

4. Which of the following does Aldrich not mention about her mother's concerns for her hair?
(a) Washing and drying.
(b) Cutting.
(c) Dying .
(d) Curling.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Grealy boycott?

2. Who does Gates recall having immaculate hair?

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

4. Why is Cofer reflecting on the memories of moving to New York City?

5. Pertaining to "In the Kitchen," what is Gates reflecting on?

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