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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 Sister Loretta cook for the family when she arrived at August's family apartment?

3. How did Angela's boyfriend speak according to the start of Chapter 12?

4. At the start of Chapter 11, how old did the girls turn?

5. What major event is described at the opening of Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Sylvia's father say about August's father in Chapter 11?

2. Who was the Son of Sam and why is he referenced?

3. What did Sister Loretta bring to August's household?

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

5. What was the Summer Food Service Program?

6. Who were the boyfriends that August's friends had begun seeing in Chapter 12?

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

8. What does "orba" mean? Why is this word defined in the novel?

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

10. What does August remember of Clyde?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the plot structure of Another Brooklyn. What is the inciting event in the narrative? Where does the climax occur? What does the reader learn in the falling action and denouement of the narrative?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and discuss the character of Angela in Another Brooklyn. What was Angela's relationship with August like? What were Angela's ambitions? Did she achieve those ambitions? Why or why not?

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