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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As a young girl, why did August roam the streets at the start of Chapter 3?
(a) August walked the streets looking for her mother.
(b) August ran around the streets with her girlfriends.
(c) August walked the streets for drugs.
(d) August roamed the streets asking for money.

2. What did August want, do, and/or think, when she first saw Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi as a child in Brooklyn?
(a) August wanted to be a part of who they were.
(b) August had a natural distaste for the girls.
(c) August hated them because she had no friends.
(d) August yelled at the girls for being stuck-up.

3. In Chapter 4, who moved into the apartment below August's family?
(a) Jennie.
(b) Crystal.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Emily.

4. Who originally owned the land where Augusts's family lived in Tennessee?
(a) Her paternal grandmother.
(b) Her maternal grandfather.
(c) Her great-great aunt.
(d) Her second cousin.

5. How did August's mother feel about friendships among women as indicated in Chapter 2?
(a) Women are beautiful creatures, whereas men will turn against you.
(b) Keep women away, because they cannot be trusted.
(c) Keep women close, because they will always be there to help.
(d) Women are wicked and cruel and only want to hurt you.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Toward the end of Chapter 7, what did August want to say to her mother about trusting women?

3. What magazine reminded August that her family was not as poor as others?

4. As divulged in Chapter 5, what profession did Gigi want to become when she got older?

5. What narrative perspective is Another Brooklyn related?

(see the answer key)

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