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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 friends react when the girls call and say they are taking a trip to see the Motherland?
(a) Some friends are confused, while others give words of encouragement.
(b) They find it ridiculously funny.
(c) They are worried.
(d) They are surprised.

2. 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 ballet classes at the Y.
(b) Sung in church choirs.
(c) Taken private art lessons with local but famous artists.
(d) Taken free after-school art lessons.

3. How do the girls feel when they see Trish’s face in their dreams?
(a) Sad.
(b) Happy.
(c) Scared.
(d) Angry.

4. Why do some of the brothers struggle to find work, according to the author?
(a) They have poor educations.
(b) They are judged by their records.
(c) They are brown.
(d) They do not know how to act in public.

5. Although the girls feel the urge to run away from college, why do they stay?
(a) They know it will get better.
(b) They are embarrassed to leave.
(c) They have nowhere else to go.
(d) They are good girls and the ones who have succeeded in achieving the American Dream.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has taken the place of The Flea?

2. When the narrator thinks about legacy, what does she wonder about some who attend Ivy League schools?

3. Why do some girls fear motherhood?

4. How old are the girls by “Art”?

5. In Art, what was once the thing that gave the girls a sense of peace and safety is now what, according to the narrator?

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