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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. Why do the family and friends who come to stay with the girls and their families leave for other cities?
(a) For work.
(b) They tire of living in cramped conditions in Queens.
(c) They go to stay with other family members.
(d) To see more of America.

2. What is the reason the narrator gives for why the brown girls would never date a brown boy?
(a) He is not good looking or intelligent.
(b) Although he is good looking, he does not look – you know.
(c) Although he is good looking, he is not going anywhere.
(d) He is mean and rude.

3. In Part One, Optical Illusions, what do the girls do with the stolen makeup?
(a) They give it to their mothers as a birthday gift.
(b) They follow a makeup tutorial to try to look like their favorite celebrities.
(c) They sell it on the street to earn extra cash.
(d) They cover their faces in it to see what they would look like if they had white skin.

4. How do the brown girls’ classmates respond when they are asked why they chose boarding schools over local schools?
(a) They look bewildered.
(b) They shrug.
(c) They frown.
(d) They laugh.

5. What do those who have left the neighborhood remember seeing in the eyes of their friends who have stayed when they mentioned their accomplishments?
(a) A flash of jealousy.
(b) A flash of pity.
(c) A flash of fear.
(d) A flash of anger.

Short Answer Questions

1. The girls tell happy stories of their youth with Trish, but one girl thinks back on the time she caught Trish doing what at a party?

2. In Part One, Brown, the narrator describes the various shades of brown of her and other brown girls. What is NOT a way she describes her and her friends’ skin tones?

3. Although the girls feel the urge to run away from college, why do they stay?

4. In Part One, Girls Like You, the narrator tells of what form of public transportation she and her friends take to get to the mall?

5. How does Part One, Bras begin?

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