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

3. As indicated in Chapter 4, what did August say her father had to do, because they had to live without August's mother?

4. According to the Quote that precedes the narrative, what will you find when you turn right?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify and discuss three examples of irony in Another Brooklyn. What are examples of dramatic irony in the novel? What situational irony is explored? How is verbal irony employed?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the setting of SweetGrove in Another Brooklyn. Why is this setting important to the novel? How does this setting contrast with the setting of Brooklyn? What does SweetGrove symbolize in the story?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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