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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 August's brother's wife's name in the most-recent timeline?
(a) Sonja.
(b) Alafia.
(c) Fatima.
(d) Sarah.

2. What did the woman who lived below August's apartment look like?
(a) The woman had a long neck...and smelt like cigarette smoke.
(b) The woman never spoke to August, and always looked away when they saw each other on the stairs.
(c) The woman was dark and reedy and wore a long, black wig.
(d) The woman was scary and fat and scowled a lot.

3. As indicated in Chapter 4, what did August say her father had to do, because they had to live without August's mother?
(a) August's father tried to "be a mother, but it just wasn't the same" (45).
(b) August's father became an "angry and resentful man...no clue what to do" (46).
(c) August's father treated his children "like they were the least important people on the planet" (47).
(d) August's father was "as unsure as we were about what step to take next" (46).

4. What does August say saved her brother from feeling "halfway whole" (3)?
(a) Education.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) Faith.
(d) Friendship.

5. What was the name of the woman who braided August's hair as indicated in the latter part of Chapter 4?
(a) Miss Erica.
(b) Miss Dora.
(c) Miss Alfia.
(d) Miss Sonja.

Short Answer Questions

1. After August's father brought home a radio, how did August say she would have responded if asked, "Are you lonely?" (47).

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

3. What did Gigi's mother say about Gigi's skin tone?

4. What was the first thing Sylvia asked August when they met?

5. What narrative perspective is Another Brooklyn related?

(see the answer key)

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