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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the nickname for the central road through the narrator’s neighborhood?
(a) “Times Square.”
(b) The “Express train.”
(c) The “Racetrack.”
(d) The “Boulevard of death.”

2. How do some girls convince themselves that boys of a different race and color are unworthy?
(a) The girls start to notice how ugly the boys are.
(b) The girls start to notice who the boys’ friends are.
(c) The girls start to notice how they speak English.
(d) The girls start to notice the boys’ dirty shoes and messy hair.

3. How many commandments are listed in Our Mothers’ Commandments?
(a) 10.
(b) 8.
(c) 5.
(d) 7.

4. Regarding the commandment for the girls to not be wayward, what is also not allowed to be discussed?
(a) Dating.
(b) Birth control options.
(c) What it is like being pregnant.
(d) Marriage.

5. How do some girls who listen to their parents and give up boys because they are a different race or color feel?
(a) Relieved.
(b) Shameful.
(c) Righteous.
(d) Powerful.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the white boys try to be gently intimate, how do the girls NOT react?

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

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?

4. How old are the girls by “Art”?

5. How are the brown boys like lightning, according to the narrator?

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