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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. At the end of Chapter 5, how did Sylvia respond when August, Gigi, and Angela asked her what she loved?

2. What did the August, Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi decide to do to protect Gigi after she was sexually assaulted?

3. As a young girl, why did August roam the streets at the start of Chapter 3?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How is Coney Island described in Chapter 4?

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

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

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

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

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

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 2

Analyze and discuss the narrative style of Another Brooklyn. Why has the author chosen to relate this novel from the perspective it is related through? Is the narrator reliable or unreliable? Why are these choices important?

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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