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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the girls’ parents feel it is best that the girls date boys like them?
(a) The others are unfaithful and too different.
(b) They do not want the community to talk about them behind their backs.
(c) Relationships with others will never last.
(d) They do not want to be ostracized.

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

3. How are the brown boys like lightning, according to the narrator?
(a) They are both scary and dangerous.
(b) They are both beautiful and dangerous.
(c) They are both powerful and dangerous.
(d) They are both bright and shining.

4. Often the brown mothers ask if the girls are listening, as they seem to be ignoring their mothers. What are the girls thinking but not saying?
(a) They agree with their mothers but do not want to admit it.
(b) They disagree with their mothers.
(c) They hate their mothers.
(d) They are thinking about the homework they need to finish.

5. 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 sell it on the street to earn extra cash.
(c) They follow a makeup tutorial to try to look like their favorite celebrities.
(d) They cover their faces in it to see what they would look like if they had white skin.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many commandments are listed in Our Mothers’ Commandments?

2. When the narrator and her friends play dress-up in a store with beautiful clothes, what does a store clerk think is happening?

3. In Part One, Other Boys, what boys does the narrator describe falling for?

4. What do the brown girls and boys NOT notice as they cross through Prospect Park?

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

(see the answer key)

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