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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. The narrator says multiple times that the boys do not cry but then, in parentheses, says what?
(a) They scream.
(b) They breathe.
(c) They weep.
(d) They are silent.

2. Regarding the commandment for the girls to not be wayward, what is also not allowed to be discussed?
(a) Birth control options.
(b) Dating.
(c) Marriage.
(d) What it is like being pregnant.

3. What is NOT a place that the narrator mentions as being in her neighborhood?
(a) Nail salons.
(b) An auto repair shop.
(c) Rainbow apparel store.
(d) White Castle.

4. How does Trish die?
(a) Cancer.
(b) She is murdered.
(c) In a car accident.
(d) A drug overdose.

5. Why do the girls feel the urge to leave the large family parties?
(a) For a breath of fresh air.
(b) To play in the backyard.
(c) They are bored.
(d) They are overheated.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In Part One, Lunchroom, who is cursing at Trish?

4. How do the girls feel now that they have a white boy attracted to them?

5. Part One, Brown Girls begins with the narrator describing the area in which she and her friends live. What is a way she does NOT describe it?

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