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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Great Expectations, the narrator describes the relationship between the brown girls and who?
(a) Their brothers.
(b) Their fathers.
(c) Their sisters.
(d) Their neighbors.

2. How do the girls feel now that they have a white boy attracted to them?
(a) Both that they have somehow managed to have something precious and feel dirty in their own skin.
(b) Their futures are secure.
(c) Confused about what to do now.
(d) They are beautiful and lucky.

3. Why do the girls run back home to their family parties from the wealthier part of the neighborhood?
(a) They are threatened.
(b) They almost get lost.
(c) They are bored.
(d) There is life and laughter there.

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

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 seem confused and back off.
(c) Some look at the girls as if seeing them for the first time.
(d) Some hesitate before joining in.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why do the family and friends who come to stay with the girls and their families leave for other cities?

3. In Art the girls are now specializing in various art forms. Which of the following is something many of them have NOT done?

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

5. What are the ethnicities the narrator names in Musical Chairs?

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