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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 cute they were.
(b) How much they looked like their own family members and neighbors.
(c) How ignorant they were.
(d) How they hoped the brown boys would notice them.

2. When the girls meet the white boys’ parents, they suddenly become what?
(a) Second class citizens.
(b) A threat to the white family’s security.
(c) A celebrity.
(d) Ambassadors of Third World Nations.

3. Why do the girls not think about what their parents would do to them if they were caught sneaking out to parties and having premarital sex?
(a) Their parents do not care about them.
(b) They believe they are too cunning to get caught.
(c) They are too busy thinking about boys.
(d) Their parents are too tired from long days of work to notice.

4. What do the girls end up throwing at the boys’ head who cursed at Trish?
(a) A slice of pizza.
(b) A chicken patty.
(c) Broccoli.
(d) Carrots.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the girls feel about the store clerk?

2. How many commandments are listed in Our Mothers’ Commandments?

3. When brown boys notice the girls’ bodies, what do the girls mistakenly think?

4. In Part One, Lunchroom, who is cursing at Trish?

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

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