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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Some brown boys call the girls by their real names rather than their American names. How do the girls react?
(a) They shout insults at them.
(b) They laugh at them.
(c) They work hard to walk away from them.
(d) They call the boys by their real names.

2. Why do girls decide it is in their best interest to initially ignore the boy who cursed at Trish?
(a) He and his friends are racists and their parents would be upset if they got in a fight at school.
(b) They find the boy's actions funny.
(c) He is a low-life not worth their time.
(d) They do not want to be punished by the dean.

3. 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.

4. How do the girls respond when the girls receive compliments from the Italian boys on their stoops?
(a) When did we become beautiful?
(b) They laugh at the boys.
(c) Who are you?
(d) What made you nice?

5. What do the girls give up when family and friends from their native lands come to stay?
(a) Their beds.
(b) Their kitchens.
(c) Their living rooms.
(d) Their beauty sleep.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Art the girls are now specializing in various art forms. Which of the following is something many of them have NOT done?

2. How do the girls feel now that they have a white boy attracted to them?

3. In Territory, what is NOT a reason given by the narrator for why the brown girls tire of Manhattan?

4. In Everything We Ever Wanted, the girls are now how old?

5. When the girls give a rude response or laugh to the white boys’ compliments, how do the boys NOT react?

(see the answer key)

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