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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 Sylvia bring to the park to share with the girls after she had left their school?

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

3. What color was Sylvia's room?

4. At the end of Chapter 11, how old were August and Jerome?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was the Summer Food Service Program?

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

5. To whom does August compare Jennie's children in Chapter 12?

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

7. What does August remember of Clyde?

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

9. What became August's brother's obsession when he was eight? Why?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify and discuss three examples of irony in Another Brooklyn. What are examples of dramatic irony in the novel? What situational irony is explored? How is verbal irony employed?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and analyze the characters of August's father and brother. Why do you think the author does not name these characters? What are August's relationships like with each of these characters? What happens to each of these characters in the course of the story?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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