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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What narrative perspective is Another Brooklyn related?
(a) Third person limited.
(b) First person.
(c) Third person omniscient.
(d) Second person.

2. As an adult returning to New York, where did August and her brother go after their father's funeral?
(a) A drive to Tennessee to visit family.
(b) A diner in New Jersey.
(c) Their father's grave sight.
(d) Their father's apartment to organize his things.

3. What was the first thing Sylvia asked August when they met?
(a) "What's your name? I've never seen you before" (36).
(b) "Do you want to have lunch with us. I have an extra sandwich" (33).
(c) "Why do you look at us that way? We don't like you" (35).
(d) "Why do you stare at us like that? What are you looking for?" (36).

4. What is the name of the area where August and her family lived before moving to Brooklyn?
(a) Tennessee Swamp.
(b) BitterFields.
(c) SweetGrove.
(d) The Bronx.

5. In Chapter 1, while meeting with therapist, Sister Sonja, as a teenager for the first time, how did August begin the session?
(a) "I hope my mother is alive..." (15).
(b) "I merely want to see her..." (16).
(c) "I was waiting for my mother..." (15).
(d) "She will never come back..." (12).

Short Answer Questions

1. How much older is August than her brother?

2. As referenced in Chapter 1, when August was 15, where did her father send her for the summer?

3. What is the origin of August's birth name?

4. How did August's mother feel about friendships among women as indicated in Chapter 2?

5. What does August say saved her brother from feeling "halfway whole" (3)?

(see the answer key)

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