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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT a place that the narrator mentions as being in her neighborhood?
(a) Nail salons.
(b) Rainbow apparel store.
(c) An auto repair shop.
(d) White Castle.

2. In Part One, Family Parties, what is a comment NOT given by the narrator regarding the girls’ aunts?
(a) The aunts would tell the girls to stay thin.
(b) The aunts would compliment the girls on their hairdo but would encourage them to go elsewhere next time.
(c) The aunts would hug, squeeze, and give the girls fat, juicy kisses.
(d) The aunts would tell the girls to eat enough.

3. In Part One, Optical Illusions, what do the girls do with the stolen makeup?
(a) They follow a makeup tutorial to try to look like their favorite celebrities.
(b) They give it to their mothers as a birthday gift.
(c) They sell it on the street to earn extra cash.
(d) They cover their faces in it to see what they would look like if they had white skin.

4. What two groups does the narrator say eats the same lunch?
(a) The students at her school and those in homeless shelters.
(b) The students at her school and inmates in prisons.
(c) The students at her school and the President of the United States.
(d) The students and teachers at her school.

5. How many days before school starts the girls who have chosen to leave Queens begin to question their choices?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the example given by the narrator for how the girls know how to keep family secrets?

2. How do the girls feel about the store clerk?

3. What is NOT a name the brown girls call their teachers while in the lunchroom?

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

5. What do the girls give up when family and friends from their native lands come to stay?

(see the answer key)

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