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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 August and her brother ask Sister Loretta to do with her hair?

2. What did August pray for at the end of Chapter 8?

3. Why would August, Sylvia, Gigi, and Angela possibly get sent "Down South?"

4. What did August and her brother say at the door of Jennie's of apartment on Page 121?

5. What did Sylvia's mother tell August and her friends when they visited?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is August's first memory of Jerome?

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

4. What was the Summer Food Service Program?

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

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

7. How does August describe Gigi's mother in Chapter 10?

8. What happened to Angela's mother?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of religion in Another Brooklyn. What religions are explored in the novel? How are they compared with one another? What is August's personal connection to religion?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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