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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the brown girls and boys NOT notice as they cross through Prospect Park?
(a) The grass grows thick with rows of flowers.
(b) White women out jogging.
(c) No trash.
(d) More police officers patrolling the streets.

2. The brown girls show the white boys their neighborhoods. How do the brown boys react?
(a) They threaten to beat up the white boys.
(b) They jump the white boys.
(c) They are friendly to the white boys and welcome them to the neighborhood.
(d) They either ignore the white boys and talk to the girls or they call out insults to the boys.

3. When brown boys notice the girls’ bodies, what do the girls mistakenly think?
(a) The boys love them.
(b) Their beauty is their power.
(c) They need no other skills if they have beauty.
(d) They have met their future husbands.

4. When white boys call the brown girls beautiful, how do the girls NOT react, according to the narrator?
(a) Some openly laugh at the boys.
(b) Some smile but do not believe them.
(c) Some believe it as they have been dying for this their entire lives.
(d) Some believe it because they know their own worth.

5. In Art the girls are now specializing in various art forms. Which of the following is something many of them have NOT done?
(a) Taken private art lessons with local but famous artists.
(b) Taken ballet classes at the Y.
(c) Taken free after-school art lessons.
(d) Sung in church choirs.

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 Great Expectations, the narrator describes the relationship between the brown girls and who?

3. How old are the girls by “Art”?

4. In Part One, Last Day, what is the reason the narrator gives for all the rigorous testing and high school applications?

5. In Part One, Musical Chairs, the narrator tells of how the teachers are notorious for what?

(see the answer key)

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