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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Top 40.
(b) Jazz.
(c) Pop.
(d) The Blues.

2. 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 was "as unsure as we were about what step to take next" (46).
(b) August's father became an "angry and resentful man...no clue what to do" (46).
(c) August's father tried to "be a mother, but it just wasn't the same" (45).
(d) August's father treated his children "like they were the least important people on the planet" (47).

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

4. What did August and her brother feed the neighboring children in her apartment building at the end of Chapter 6?
(a) Potatoes, colorful salads, and almonds.
(b) Fried pork chops and fruit.
(c) Potato chips, apples, and nuts.
(d) Ham sandwiches and popcorn.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did August's father die?

2. What does the narrator claim is the most tragic thing about life (1)?

3. As divulged in Chapter 5, what profession did Gigi want to become when she got older?

4. What narrative perspective is Another Brooklyn related?

5. Who reminded August, Sylvia, Gigi, and Angela of the old man who ran a sketchy shoe repair shop?

Short Essay Questions

1. What led to August's father granting August and her brother more freedom after they had moved to Brooklyn?

2. What did August and her friends think of one another before they met?

3. What does the jar of ashes represent in the novel?

4. What does August say about the children of Biafra in 1968?

5. What did SweetGrove represent to August when she was growing up?

6. What did Gigi want to be when she grew up? Why?

7. What did August think about Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi when she first saw them?

8. From what perspective and tense is the story related? How is the novel framed?

9. What tragic event befell Gigi when she was 12?

10. What is the Nation of Islam? How does it factor into the novel?

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