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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What was the name of the ice cream truck August and her brother saw through their apartment window?
(a) Misses Creamery Truck.
(b) Mister Ice Cream.
(c) Misses Chocolate.
(d) Mister Softee.

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 always fighting and arguing in the hallways.
(c) The white people were causing riots and violence.
(d) The white people were moving out of the building.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does August say saved her brother from feeling "halfway whole" (3)?

2. What did Jerome do to August that was the first sign of their relationship?

3. After leaving her brother and returning to their father's apartment after the funeral, how did August feel?

4. What did August and her brother feed the neighboring children in her apartment building at the end of Chapter 6?

5. At the start of Chapter 9, what song was August's father listening to?

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