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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As a young girl, why did August roam the streets at the start of Chapter 3?
(a) August ran around the streets with her girlfriends.
(b) August roamed the streets asking for money.
(c) August walked the streets for drugs.
(d) August walked the streets looking for her mother.

2. In Chapter 1, what did August's brother ask her after their father's funeral (4)?
(a) "Do you think it is better he [father] is dead?"
(b) "What will you do now?"
(c) "Still whole?"
(d) "Have you seen mom yet?"

3. Which friend of August's had similar hands to her mother, as mentioned in Chapter 4?
(a) Sylvia.
(b) Gigi.
(c) Sonja.
(d) Angela.

4. 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 treated his children "like they were the least important people on the planet" (47).
(c) August's father became an "angry and resentful man...no clue what to do" (46).
(d) August's father was "as unsure as we were about what step to take next" (46).

5. Where did August's mother's brother, Clyde, go to college? (51).
(a) Howard University.
(b) Brown University.
(c) University of Texas.
(d) University of Tennessee.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, while meeting with therapist, Sister Sonja, as a teenager for the first time, how did August begin the session?

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

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

4. What narrative perspective is Another Brooklyn related?

5. How much older is August than her brother?

(see the answer key)

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