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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In Part One, Musical Chairs, the narrator tells of how the teachers are notorious for what?
(a) Calling the brown girls by the wrong name.
(b) Picking on the brown girls more than the other girls.
(c) Not showing up to class on time.
(d) Not having enough chairs and desks in the classroom.
2. Brown Girls is a collection of poems that tell the story of girls from what major city?
(a) New York City.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Philadelphia.
3. Why do girls decide it is in their best interest to initially ignore the boy who cursed at Trish?
(a) They find the boy's actions funny.
(b) He is a low-life not worth their time.
(c) He and his friends are racists and their parents would be upset if they got in a fight at school.
(d) They do not want to be punished by the dean.
4. In Part One, Family Parties, what is a comment NOT given by the narrator regarding the girls’ aunts?
(a) The aunts would compliment the girls on their hairdo but would encourage them to go elsewhere next time.
(b) The aunts would tell the girls to stay thin.
(c) The aunts would hug, squeeze, and give the girls fat, juicy kisses.
(d) The aunts would tell the girls to eat enough.
5. How do the girls feel about the store clerk?
(a) They are amused.
(b) They are pissed.
(c) They are frightened.
(d) They are annoyed.
Short Answer Questions
1. How do the girls feel when they wander to the wealthier part of the neighborhood?
2. Why do the girls run back home to their family parties from the wealthier part of the neighborhood?
3. What is NOT a name the brown girls call their teachers while in the lunchroom?
4. At the beginning of Part One, Do Now: What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up, the narrator lists the responses the girls give to this question.
5. What two groups does the narrator say eats the same lunch?
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