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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator tells of the training bras the girls wear. From whom did they learn about bras?
(a) Mothers and sisters.
(b) Magazines and advertisements.
(c) Older friends.
(d) Soap operas.

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

3. Why do the girls feel the urge to leave the large family parties?
(a) To play in the backyard.
(b) They are bored.
(c) They are overheated.
(d) For a breath of fresh air.

4. 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) They do not want to be punished by the dean.
(d) He and his friends are racists and their parents would be upset if they got in a fight at school.

5. In Part One, Brown Boys, the narrator tells the reader they would stare at the brown boys and think what?
(a) How cute they were.
(b) How they hoped the brown boys would notice them.
(c) How much they looked like their own family members and neighbors.
(d) How ignorant they were.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the girls end up throwing at the boys’ head who cursed at Trish?

2. Where do the girls meet after midnight to get reassurance, they made a good choice to attend high school outside of Queens?

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

4. In Part One, Optical Illusions, what do the girls do with the stolen makeup?

5. What is NOT a place that the narrator mentions as being in her neighborhood?

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