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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 because they know their own worth.
(d) Some believe it as they have been dying for this their entire lives.

2. Brown Girls is a collection of poems that tell the story of girls from what major city?
(a) Chicago.
(b) New York City.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Philadelphia.

3. What do the girls mostly do at the mall?
(a) Window shop.
(b) Try out perfumes.
(c) Chase each other around.
(d) Eat junk food.

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

5. When the narrator and her friends play dress-up in a store with beautiful clothes, what does a store clerk think is happening?
(a) They are trying to steal.
(b) They are adding graffiti to the merchandise.
(c) They are trying on gowns for prom.
(d) They are doing drugs.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part One, Optical Illusions, what do the girls do with the stolen makeup?

2. In Your Own Kind, the brown girls’ parents say they are not what?

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

4. How are the brown boys like lightning, according to the narrator?

5. Regarding the commandment for the girls to not be wayward, what is also not allowed to be discussed?

(see the answer key)

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