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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did August's mother feel about friendships among women as indicated in Chapter 2?
(a) Women are beautiful creatures, whereas men will turn against you.
(b) Women are wicked and cruel and only want to hurt you.
(c) Keep women away, because they cannot be trusted.
(d) Keep women close, because they will always be there to help.

2. After August's father brought home a radio, how did August say she would have responded if asked, "Are you lonely?" (47).
(a) August said that her mother's absence made her so incredibly lonely.
(b) August said that this new radio only reminded her of how lonely her life was.
(c) August confessed that she would reply that she was not lonely, because her brother was with her.
(d) August revealed that she would answer that she was lonely, but had no way to cure it.

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

4. How much older is August than her brother?
(a) 6 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 4 years.

5. In Chapter 1, while meeting with therapist, Sister Sonja, as a teenager for the first time, how did August begin the session?
(a) "I was waiting for my mother..." (15).
(b) "I hope my mother is alive..." (15).
(c) "I merely want to see her..." (16).
(d) "She will never come back..." (12).

6. Why could Gigi not tell her mother about the rape?
(a) Her mother would blame Gigi.
(b) Her mother would make them move away from Brooklyn.
(c) The man was her mother's boyfriend.
(d) Her mother would kill the man.

7. As noticed in Chapter 3, what was one of the first things August spotted about Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi at school?
(a) The tiny bones at the back of their necks.
(b) The expensive and beautiful clothes they wore.
(c) The sharp edges of their collarbones.
(d) The way they could just look at each other without saying a word, but understood one another anyway.

8. What trains did August and her family take on their Saturday trips to Coney Island?
(a) B and F.
(b) L and F.
(c) A and D.
(d) L and A.

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

10. How did August, Sylvia, and Angela respond to Gigi's rape?
(a) August, Sylvia, and Angela told Gigi that she could stay at Sylvia's house to get away from him.
(b) August, Sylvia, and Angela promised to find the man and kill him.
(c) August, Sylvia, and Angela insisted that Gigi immediately tell her mother.
(d) August, Sylvia, and Angela made a plan to run away with Gigi.

11. What is the name of the area where August and her family lived before moving to Brooklyn?
(a) The Bronx.
(b) Tennessee Swamp.
(c) BitterFields.
(d) SweetGrove.

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

13. What did Gigi's mother say about Gigi's skin tone?
(a) Gigi should talk to a dermatologist about her acne.
(b) Gigi should use tanning products.
(c) Gigi should stay out of the sun, so that her skin did not get any darker.
(d) Gigi should should be proud of her skin tone.

14. While listening to a church sermon in Chapter 2, what question did August pose to God?
(a) "What does God do with his daughters?" (23).
(b) "How could God take away my mother?" (22).
(c) "Why did God only love the white people?" (23).
(d) "Do you even exist? If so, why are you so unfair?" (21).

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As referenced in Chapter 1, when August was 15, where did her father send her for the summer?

2. When August was a child, what statement did she always tell her brother when he asked about their mother?

3. Who was portrayed as "starving" at the start of Chapter 6?

4. At the end of Chapter 5, how did Sylvia respond when August, Gigi, and Angela asked her what she loved?

5. In what condition did August, Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi find the man who raped Gigi in Chapter 4?

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