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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Parts Seven and Eight.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part Three, Welcome to Mars, what is compared to Mars?
(a) Men.
(b) The dregs of Queens.
(c) Manhattan.
(d) The universities some of the girls attend.

2. In Part Seven, Jenny, what do many of the girls realize?
(a) They do not know Jenny.
(b) They do not want to date anyone, as it is easier being alone.
(c) They have never dated men.
(d) They love women.

3. Many girls do not know if or when they will be ready to have children but know that to admit this uncertainty would leave them how?
(a) Worried.
(b) Vulnerable.
(c) Unfulfilled.
(d) Angry.

4. What does the narrator NOT say happens to the girls whose parents catch them sneaking out?
(a) Some are given up for adoption.
(b) Some are ignored.
(c) Some are beaten.
(d) Some are threatened to be sent back to the motherland.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT an example of the blending of cultures given by the narrator?

2. How does Trish die?

3. How much do the girls spend on ice cream on the redone boardwalk at Rockaway Beach?

4. What city were some Queens’ residents worried their community would mimic, if the big tech company came to their town?

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

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