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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 sort of lessons did Sylvia take that were surprising to August in Chapter 9?

2. According to the middle of Chapter 12, what did August, Sylvia, Gigi, and Angela wear in the winter?

3. When Sylvia's father told August she could not come over anymore, how did August feel?

4. How did August feel about the free items she received after the catastrophe that happened in her neighborhood?

5. How did Sylvia convince her father to let August, Angela, and Gigi stay over at Sylvia's house?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happened to Angela's mother?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

Analyze and discuss the character of August in Another Brooklyn. How old is August when her character is introduced? What was August's childhood like? How does August's character evolve in the course of the story?

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