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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. What did August's mother sleep with under her pillow as stated at the start of Chapter 4?
(a) A butcher knife.
(b) A leaf from her favorite tree.
(c) A piece of broken glass.
(d) An old photograph of her brother, Clyde.

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

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

4. When did August visit her father in New York City (5)?
(a) Thanksgiving Day.
(b) New Year's Eve.
(c) August's birthday.
(d) Christmas Day.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did August and her brother do at night as explained at the end of Chapter 7?

2. Toward the end of Chapter 7, what did August want to say to her mother about trusting women?

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

4. While listening to a church sermon in Chapter 2, what question did August pose to God?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is the novel structured? Is the story related in a linear fashion or nonlinear? Why is this important?

4. What are the circumstances of August's brother in the most-recent timeline in the novel?

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

6. What is the significance of the quote that opens the novel?

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

8. Who was Clyde and why is he significant in the novel?

9. What about Angela reminded August of her mother? Why?

10. What led to August's father taking his children to Brooklyn?

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