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

2. Which friend of August's had similar hands to her mother, as mentioned in Chapter 4?

3. What was the first thing Sylvia asked August when they met?

4. What is the name of the area where August and her family lived before moving to Brooklyn?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why did August think that her mother would come to her in Brooklyn while growing up?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify three examples of foreshadowing in Another Brooklyn. What does each example foretell? What purpose does foreshadowing serve in each example? What mood is evoked by each example?

Essay Topic 2

Identify and discuss three examples of symbolism in Another Brooklyn. What does the symbol represent? How is the symbol explored in the text? Are there any characters that serve as symbols?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the setting of Brooklyn in the novel. Where in Brooklyn did August grow up? How is the neighborhood described? Why is this setting important to the novel?

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