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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 happened when August, Sylvia, and Gigi called Angela's house toward the end of Chapter 12?

2. What did Sylvia bring to the park to share with the girls after she had left their school?

3. What did August tell her mother at the end of Chapter 10?

4. What kind of car did August's white neighbors drive when they left in Chapter 8?

5. How did August feel about the women her father brought home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What led to the alienation between Sylvia and her friends in Chapter 10?

2. What does August say about her Muslim beliefs in Chapter 9?

3. What does "gentrification" mean and how does it apply in the novel?

4. What happened to Jennie's children? Why?

5. What lesson did Charlsetta demonstrate to August and her friends?

6. How did August and her friends explore sexuality in Chapter 11?

7. How was August affected by her interactions with Sylvia's family?

8. What was Sylvia's family like? Did she have siblings?

9. Why were August and her brother forbidden from going out in the neighborhod in the summer of 1977?

10. What did Sylvia's father do to her boyfriend in Chapter 13? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss the nonlinear structure of Another Brooklyn. How does the author delineate the different time periods that are covered in the novel? How does this nonlinear structure affect the plot of the story? Why do you think the author has chosen to relate the story in this manner?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and discuss the character of Gigi in Another Brooklyn. Where and when did August meet Gigi? What did Gigi want to be when she grew up? How and why did Gigi die?

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