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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. Why could Gigi not tell her mother about the rape?

2. Who originally owned the land where Augusts's family lived in Tennessee?

3. What was the name of the woman who braided August's hair as indicated in the latter part of Chapter 4?

4. As noticed in Chapter 3, what was one of the first things August spotted about Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi at school?

5. In Chapter 1, while meeting with therapist, Sister Sonja, as a teenager for the first time, how did August begin the session?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Coney Island described in Chapter 4?

3. Who was Miss Dora and how is she described in the narrative?

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

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

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

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

10. In what ways did August and her friends protect themselves from the streets when they were adolescents?

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

Discuss the themes of family and community in Another Brooklyn. How did her community serve August growing up? How did her family serve her? Do you think that the communities presented in the novel appear supportive or negative? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and analyze the characters of August's father and brother. Why do you think the author does not name these characters? What are August's relationships like with each of these characters? What happens to each of these characters in the course of the story?

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