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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 Haunting, the girls follow Trish but end up where?
(a) Gasping for air in their beds.
(b) In the dregs of Queens.
(c) At the edge of a cliff.
(d) The same place they began.

2. In Thirst, the fathers get drunk on Johnnie Walker and beer as they reminisce with friends about what?
(a) Life in the decades to come.
(b) Life in the Motherland where they were teachers, doctors, and engineers.
(c) Life before they were married and had children.
(d) Life when they first arrived in America.

3. What is NOT a name the brown girls call their teachers while in the lunchroom?
(a) Dumbass.
(b) Dumb and blind.
(c) Old-lady bitch.
(d) Idiot.

4. Why are many of Trish’s friends initially oblivious to what happened to Trish?
(a) They do not care about Trish.
(b) They are on the east coast, while she is on the west coast.
(c) They are at work.
(d) They do not watch the news.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does a white woman say when she sees the brown boy and girl?

3. What is the reason the narrator gives for why the brown girls would never date a brown boy?

4. How do the girls feel when they wander to the wealthier part of the neighborhood?

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

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