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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. What did August want, do, and/or think, when she first saw Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi as a child in Brooklyn?

2. Who was portrayed as "starving" at the start of Chapter 6?

3. According to the narrator in Chapter 5, what did Gigi's mom do for a living?

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

5. At the start of Chapter 2, what year does the narrative shift to?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who was Jennie and how is she described in the narrative?

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does August describe her feelings about Sylvia when they were young?

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

10. What did Angela want to be when she grew up? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of sexuality in Another Brooklyn. How is this theme developed through character? What symbolism relates to this theme? What statement do you think the author is making about sexuality in the novel? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss August's mother in Another Brooklyn. When did August last see her mother? What led August's father to take August and her brother away from August's mother? What happened to August's mother after this?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of friendship in Another Brooklyn. Who are the friends that August came to care about in her youth? What happened to these friendships? What statement do you think the author is making regarding friendship?

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