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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 4, who moved into the apartment below August's family?

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

4. What did August's father do to the apartment window she and her brother always peered through?

5. What narrative perspective is Another Brooklyn related?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Gigi warn her friends not to sing in their churches' choirs?

3. Why does August say in Chapter 4, "We didn't understand the kind of poverty we lived in" (42)?

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

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

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

7. What did Gigi's mother tell her about her appearance when she was six?

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

9. What is the career choice that August has chosen? Why is this significant?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the motif of water in Another Brooklyn. What does water symbolize in the story? Where does water appear? What mood is evoked by water when it appears in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and discuss the character of Sylvia in Another Brooklyn. When and where did August meet Sylvia? What were Sylvia's ambitions in life? Did she achieve those ambitions? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and discuss the character of Gigi in Another Brooklyn. Where and when did August meet Gigi? What did Gigi want to be when she grew up? How and why did Gigi die?

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