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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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).

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

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

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

5. Who reminded August, Sylvia, Gigi, and Angela of the old man who ran a sketchy shoe repair shop?
(a) The man who raped Gigi.
(b) Sylvia's father.
(c) Geppetto.
(d) Jackson.

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

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

8. What did August's father do to the apartment window she and her brother always peered through?
(a) August's father replaced it with a new window that made it easier for August and her brother to see through.
(b) August's father broke the window and yelled at August and her brother.
(c) August's father put a dark sheet over it and told them to stop looking out of it.
(d) August's father took a knife and cut the top of the window frame.

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

10. What does the narrator claim is the most tragic thing about life (1)?
(a) The moment.
(b) The loss of a mother.
(c) The memory.
(d) The end of childhood.

11. At the beginning of Chapter 7, what was "telling some part of our [August, Sylvia, Gigi, and Angela] story" (69)?
(a) Blurry memories.
(b) Young boys.
(c) The night sky.
(d) Every song.

12. In the middle of Chapter 7, what did Gigi share about the pastor at her church?
(a) Gigi confessed that the pastor came up behind her and rubbed against her inappropriately.
(b) Gigi declared that the pastor was stealing money from the congregation.
(c) Gigi admitted that the pastor took her into a back room and raped her.
(d) Gigi shared that the pastor was having an affair with her mother.

13. What did Gigi's mother say about Gigi's skin tone?
(a) Gigi should use tanning products.
(b) Gigi should talk to a dermatologist about her acne.
(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. At the start of the novel, what style of music does the narrator say was "trying to tell our [the girls'] story" (2) despite the fact that it never quite got them?
(a) Pop.
(b) Top 40.
(c) Jazz.
(d) The Blues.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the origin of August's birth name?

2. What magazine reminded August that her family was not as poor as others?

3. Which girl (August, Sylvia, Gigi, and Angela) was the most popular, as mentioned in Chapter 5?

4. What was one song August listened to as she had her hair braided?

5. What did August want, do, and/or think, when she first saw Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi as a child in Brooklyn?

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