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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Top 40.
(c) The Blues.
(d) Pop.

2. What major event happened to August's brother in Chapter 2?
(a) August's brother cut his forearm on the broken glass of the window.
(b) August's brother got severely beaten by their father.
(c) August's brother left to live with their mother.
(d) August's brother ran away, but their father found him hiding under a bridge.

3. 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).

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

5. What is the origin of August's birth name?
(a) August's parents were married in August.
(b) "August" sounded beautiful to her mother.
(c) August was her mother's favorite month.
(d) August was born in the month of August.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the ice cream truck August and her brother saw through their apartment window?

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

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

4. According to the Quote that precedes the narrative, what will you find when you turn right?

5. What was August's brother's wife's name in the most-recent timeline?

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