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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 did Angela say after a dead woman was found in Brooklyn during the winter?

2. What did Sister Loretta cook for the family when she arrived at August's family apartment?

3. What is the first thing Jerome said to August?

4. What was August's father's response in reference to Sylvia's father on Page 115?

5. How old was August when she went sexually further with Jerome than just kissing at the end of Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the significance of the urn described in Chapter 10?

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

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

6. What did Sister Loretta wear when she met August?

7. How did the images of the children of Biafra affect August?

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

9. How is Alana described in Chapter 12?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the setting of Brooklyn in the novel. Where in Brooklyn did August grow up? How is the neighborhood described? Why is this setting important to the novel?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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