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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. As divulged in Chapter 5, what profession did Gigi want to become when she got older?
(a) Gigi wanted to be a banker.
(b) Gigi longed to be a lawyer.
(c) Gigi wanted to be an anthropologist.
(d) Gigi wanted to become an actress.

3. When August asked about the jar in the apartment, what did her father tell her?
(a) August's father said the jar had all the money he had saved to get them out of their dilapidated apartment.
(b) August's father told her that it was none of her business.
(c) August's father told her it held all of her mother's most cherished things.
(d) August's father said the jar contained ashes.

4. In Chapter 2, what did August notice about the white people in her apartment building?
(a) The white people were jovial and friendly.
(b) The white people were causing riots and violence.
(c) The white people were always fighting and arguing in the hallways.
(d) The white people were moving out of the building.

5. 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 sense of deep relief and fear.
(c) Solace and ease.
(d) A lack of any emotion.

Short Answer Questions

1. As mentioned in Chapter 1, what do the Hindu people do with the dead?

2. What was one song August listened to as she had her hair braided?

3. As indicated in Chapter 4, what did August say her father had to do, because they had to live without August's mother?

4. How long has it been since August's childhood when she describes her father's funeral?

5. What narrative perspective is Another Brooklyn related?

(see the answer key)

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