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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. Some brown boys call the girls by their real names rather than their American names. How do the girls react?
(a) They laugh at them.
(b) They work hard to walk away from them.
(c) They call the boys by their real names.
(d) They shout insults at them.

2. 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.

3. How do the girls feel when their parents are confused about what they are learning in school?
(a) Sadness and worry.
(b) Fear that their parents will understand them less and less.
(c) A sense of loss.
(d) A sense of power, meanness, and recklessness.

4. What do those who have stayed say is the difference between the two types of girls?
(a) Those who have stayed will never be alone.
(b) Those who have left care only about themselves.
(c) Those who have stayed have never become strangers.
(d) Those who have left can never come back.

5. How do some of the brothers have a change of heart in The Lucky Ones?
(a) They apologize to their families.
(b) They help support their sisters.
(c) They volunteer at halfway houses.
(d) They return or turn to religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the mothers react to the boys being given prison sentences?

2. What does the narrator say about the native tongues of the girls in “Art”?

3. As the girls leave for home, what do they realize about home?

4. How do the brown girls’ classmates respond when they are asked why they chose boarding schools over local schools?

5. What is NOT an example of the blending of cultures given by the narrator?

(see the answer key)

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