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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. How does August describe her friend Sylvia when she accidentally ran into her on the train years after leaving Brooklyn?
(a) Sylvia had not aged at all and was dressed in expensive clothing.
(b) Sylvia had not aged at all and had reddish brown hair.
(c) Sylvia looked so different that August barely recognized her.
(d) Sylvia had a child on her lap and looked content.

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

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

4. Toward the end of Chapter 7, what did August want to say to her mother about trusting women?
(a) "Mama, these girls are beautiful. Why did you lie to me" (78)?
(b) "You were wrong, Mama. Look at us hugging. Look at us laughing. Look how we begin and end each other" (75).
(c) "Mama, you are stupid for leaving us and forcing me to trust only my friends to listen to me" (75).
(d) "You were right, Mama. These girls were not to be trusted. I do need to keep them at arms' length" (76).

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much older is August than her brother?

2. How did August's father die?

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

4. What did Gigi's mother say about Gigi's skin tone?

5. What narrative perspective is Another Brooklyn related?

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 Gigi want to be when she grew up? Why?

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

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

5. What does August say about the music of her childhood in Chapter 1?

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

7. How did drug abuse factor into August's childhood?

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

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

10. How is Coney Island described in Chapter 4?

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