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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Parts Three and Four.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part One, Musical Chairs, the narrator tells of how the teachers are notorious for what?
(a) Calling the brown girls by the wrong name.
(b) Not having enough chairs and desks in the classroom.
(c) Picking on the brown girls more than the other girls.
(d) Not showing up to class on time.

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

3. How old are the girls by “Art”?
(a) 17.
(b) 18.
(c) 14.
(d) 15.

4. How do the girls respond when the girls receive compliments from the Italian boys on their stoops?
(a) What made you nice?
(b) They laugh at the boys.
(c) Who are you?
(d) When did we become beautiful?

5. When the white boys try to be gently intimate, how do the girls NOT react?
(a) Some girls realize they want the closeness, and anyone will do.
(b) Some girls realize they want the closeness, and this boy is who she has been searching for her whole life.
(c) Some girls give in to the closeness.
(d) Some girls reject the closeness.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Territory, what is NOT a reason given by the narrator for why the brown girls tire of Manhattan?

2. In Part Three, Welcome to Mars, what is compared to Mars?

3. What are the ethnicities the narrator names in Musical Chairs?

4. Why do the girls feel awkward when they hug each other?

5. When white boys call the brown girls beautiful, how do the girls NOT react, according to the narrator?

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