1. How do the girls feel when their parents are confused about what they are learning in school?
(a) Fear that their parents will understand them less and less.
(b) A sense of loss.
(c) A sense of power, meanness, and recklessness.
(d) Sadness and worry.

2. When the narrator and her friends play dress-up in a store with beautiful clothes, what does a store clerk think is happening?
(a) They are trying on gowns for prom.
(b) They are adding graffiti to the merchandise.
(c) They are doing drugs.
(d) They are trying to steal.

3. How do the girls feel when they wander to the wealthier part of the neighborhood?
(a) Uncomfortable.
(b) Jealous.
(c) Happy.
(d) Excited.

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

5. When the girls give a rude response or laugh to the white boys’ compliments, how do the boys NOT react?
(a) Some do not notice at all.
(b) Some hesitate before joining in.
(c) Some seem confused and back off.
(d) Some look at the girls as if seeing them for the first time.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the white parents consider the brown girls and their families the good, hardworking immigrants, the girls realize what about their own families?

2. In Part One, Duties, what is NOT an example of how the narrator and her ten-year-old friends are good girls?

3. Why do the girls’ parents feel it is best that the girls date boys like them?

4. What does a white woman say when she sees the brown boy and girl?

5. How do the girls feel now that they have a white boy attracted to them?

(see the answer key)

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