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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. How long has it been since August's childhood when she describes her father's funeral?
(a) 6 years.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 15 years.

4. What was the name of the ice cream truck August and her brother saw through their apartment window?
(a) Mister Softee.
(b) Misses Chocolate.
(c) Mister Ice Cream.
(d) Misses Creamery Truck.

5. At the start of the novel, what style of music does the narrator say was "trying to tell our [the girls'] story" (2) despite the fact that it never quite got them?
(a) Jazz.
(b) The Blues.
(c) Top 40.
(d) Pop.

Short Answer Questions

1. As an adult returning to New York, where did August and her brother go after their father's funeral?

2. What did August want, do, and/or think, when she first saw Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi as a child in Brooklyn?

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

4. When did August visit her father in New York City (5)?

5. After leaving her brother and returning to their father's apartment after the funeral, how did August feel?

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