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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the first thing Sylvia asked August when they met?
(a) "Do you want to have lunch with us. I have an extra sandwich" (33).
(b) "What's your name? I've never seen you before" (36).
(c) "Why do you look at us that way? We don't like you" (35).
(d) "Why do you stare at us like that? What are you looking for?" (36).

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

3. When August was a child, what statement did she always tell her brother when he asked about their mother?
(a) "She is gone...There is nothing we can do" (16).
(b) "Stop worrying. She loves us. She will come for us" (15).
(c) "She's coming...Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow" (15).
(d) "She's coming...soon" (14).

4. What did August and her brother feed the neighboring children in her apartment building at the end of Chapter 6?
(a) Ham sandwiches and popcorn.
(b) Potatoes, colorful salads, and almonds.
(c) Fried pork chops and fruit.
(d) Potato chips, apples, and nuts.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As noticed in Chapter 3, what was one of the first things August spotted about Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi at school?

2. At the start of Chapter 5, what does August say Gigi's mother said about Gigi?

3. As a young girl, why did August roam the streets at the start of Chapter 3?

4. While listening to a church sermon in Chapter 2, what question did August pose to God?

5. What did the woman who lived below August's apartment look like?

(see the answer key)

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