View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Parts Five and Six.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In The Things We Carry, what is NOT an example given by the narrator for something the girls bring home?
(a) Foreign coins.
(b) Peppers the length of a pinky finger.
(c) Pastries wrapped in colorful sheets of plastic.
(d) Bottles of liquor for fathers.

2. What do the girls now know about The Flea, after visiting Motherlands?
(a) It sells cheaper versions of what can be found in the Motherlands.
(b) It is very different from the Motherland markets.
(c) It was similar to markets in their Motherlands.
(d) It carries more goods than the Motherlands.

3. Why did the brown girls sneak into The Flea as young girls?
(a) They were too young to enter alone.
(b) They were unable to pay the six-dollar entrance fee.
(c) They were not liked by the owner.
(d) They liked the excitement of sneaking in.

4. What is NOT one of the Commandments described in Our Mothers’ Commandments?
(a) You shall not be an ugly girl.
(b) You shall not be a loud girl with many opinions.
(c) You shall not be a dumb girl.
(d) You shall not be a troublesome girl.

5. What do some of the brothers do who struggle to find work?
(a) They become priests, monks, and imams.
(b) They go back to school.
(c) They work for relatives.
(d) They return to their old ways.

Short Answer Questions

1. Although the girls feel the urge to run away from college, why do they stay?

2. In Heritage / Inheritance, what does the narrator say the girls are surprised to see?

3. Overall, how do the girls manage in the Motherland?

4. What city were some Queens’ residents worried their community would mimic, if the big tech company came to their town?

5. The successful girls are so visible they have become what?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 369 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample