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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what condition did August, Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi find the man who raped Gigi in Chapter 4?
(a) The man had "a needle clinched and dripping from his left hand" (59).
(b) The man was "asleep, alone, and snoring" (59).
(c) The man "...was shooting up heroin and had a look the girls had never seen before" (54).
(d) The man hid underneath the stairs "waited for the girls and jumped out like he wanted to rape all the girls" (58).

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

3. After leaving her brother and returning to their father's apartment after the funeral, how did August feel?
(a) Extreme and unbearable sadness.
(b) A lack of any emotion.
(c) A sense of deep relief and fear.
(d) Solace and ease.

4. What did August and her brother do at night as explained at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) August and her brother cried all night.
(b) August and her brother held hands.
(c) August and her brother sang hymns together.
(d) August and her brother created a plan to run away.

5. According to the Quote that precedes the narrative, what will you find when you turn right?
(a) A peach tree blooming.
(b) The files of SweetGrove.
(c) The threat of teenage boys.
(d) An old wise man.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the area where August and her family lived before moving to Brooklyn?

3. What did the girls say to boys who called August, Sylvia, Gigi, and Angela's names in Chapter 7?

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

5. What narrative perspective is Another Brooklyn related?

(see the answer key)

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