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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where do the girls meet after midnight to get reassurance, they made a good choice to attend high school outside of Queens?
(a) Dunkin’ Donuts.
(b) 7-eleven.
(c) The narrator’s home.
(d) The local park.

3. In Part One, Girls Like You, the narrator tells of what form of public transportation she and her friends take to get to the mall?
(a) Buses.
(b) Subways.
(c) Taxis.
(d) Ferries.

4. What is NOT one of the Commandments described in Our Mothers’ Commandments?
(a) You shall not be a dumb girl.
(b) You shall not be a troublesome girl.
(c) You shall not be a loud girl with many opinions.
(d) You shall not be an ugly girl.

5. The brown girls show the white boys their neighborhoods. How do the brown boys react?
(a) They jump the white boys.
(b) They either ignore the white boys and talk to the girls or they call out insults to the boys.
(c) They threaten to beat up the white boys.
(d) They are friendly to the white boys and welcome them to the neighborhood.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Our Mothers Speak, what is NOT an example given by the narrator of the advice and wisdom given out by brown mothers?

3. Why do the girls run back home to their family parties from the wealthier part of the neighborhood?

4. When the girls meet the white boys’ parents, they suddenly become what?

5. What do the girls mostly do at the mall?

(see the answer key)

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