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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do some girls convince themselves that boys of a different race and color are unworthy?
(a) The girls start to notice how they speak English.
(b) The girls start to notice the boys’ dirty shoes and messy hair.
(c) The girls start to notice who the boys’ friends are.
(d) The girls start to notice how ugly the boys are.

2. In Our Brothers, why do the brothers receive prison sentences?
(a) Murder.
(b) Prostitution.
(c) Possession and selling of illegal drugs.
(d) Drunk driving.

3. In Art the girls are now specializing in various art forms. Which of the following is something many of them have NOT done?
(a) Taken private art lessons with local but famous artists.
(b) Taken ballet classes at the Y.
(c) Taken free after-school art lessons.
(d) Sung in church choirs.

4. Those who stayed in Queens know that those who left do not care about what?
(a) New York City.
(b) Being loyal to family and friends.
(c) Their dreams and aspirations.
(d) Their careers.

5. Why do the girls feel awkward when they hug each other?
(a) They know it will most likely be their last group hug.
(b) It has been too long since they have seen each other.
(c) They no longer know each other.
(d) Trish is no longer there.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Your Own Kind, the brown girls’ parents say they are not what?

2. How do the girls feel when they see Trish’s face in their dreams?

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

4. How many commandments are listed in Our Mothers’ Commandments?

5. The narrator says multiple times that the boys do not cry but then, in parentheses, says what?

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