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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what Brooklyn neighborhood did Jacqueline Woodson grow up, and likewise set Another Brooklyn?
(a) Bed-Stuy.
(b) Bushwick.
(c) Brooklyn Heights.
(d) Williamsburg.

2. What did Angela whisper into August's ear on the Fourth of July near the East River?
(a) "I hate Brooklyn. I'm moving to LA to be a famous actress" (117).
(b) "I'm gonna leave this place one day" (117).
(c) "We are all going to make it out of here. There is more to life" (116).
(d) "Why do you not tell Sylvia how much you admire her?" (117).

3. What Abbey Lincoln song does August describe hearing while imagining her childhood home in Chapter 15?
(a) "It's Magic."
(b) "Throw it Away."
(c) "Blue Monk."
(d) "Bird Alone."

4. In Chapter 15, August says, "In Angela's fisted hands," who "staggered past us and we didn't know her name"?
(a) Billie Holiday.
(b) Tavares.
(c) Carmen McRae.
(d) Ornette Coleman.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was August when she went sexually further with Jerome than just kissing at the end of Chapter 9?

2. Where did August's mother's brother, Clyde, go to college? (51).

3. In Chapter 8, what did August hear when her father started bringing women to the apartment for the first time?

4. Where did August, her father, and her brother take the train to on their way to SweetGrove in Chapter 16?

5. Why did August tell Sylvia about Jerome in Chapter 9?

(see the answer key)

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