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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Parts Three and Four.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Jenny, how do some of the brown girls feel about Jenny?
(a) They are jealous of her.
(b) They feel sorry for her.
(c) They hate her.
(d) They are in love with her.

2. When the white boys try to be gently intimate, how do the girls NOT react?
(a) Some girls realize they want the closeness, and anyone will do.
(b) Some girls give in to the closeness.
(c) Some girls reject the closeness.
(d) Some girls realize they want the closeness, and this boy is who she has been searching for her whole life.

3. When white boys call the brown girls beautiful, how do the girls NOT react, according to the narrator?
(a) Some smile but do not believe them.
(b) Some believe it because they know their own worth.
(c) Some openly laugh at the boys.
(d) Some believe it as they have been dying for this their entire lives.

4. Often the brown mothers ask if the girls are listening, as they seem to be ignoring their mothers. What are the girls thinking but not saying?
(a) They agree with their mothers but do not want to admit it.
(b) They are thinking about the homework they need to finish.
(c) They disagree with their mothers.
(d) They hate their mothers.

5. In Territory, what is NOT a reason given by the narrator for why the brown girls tire of Manhattan?
(a) Manhattan snobs.
(b) Fake glamour.
(c) Central Park.
(d) High prices.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the girls feel the urge to leave the large family parties?

2. How does the narrator describe the songs that vocal students memorize?

3. In Your Own Kind, the brown girls’ parents say they are not what?

4. How do the girls feel when they wander to the wealthier part of the neighborhood?

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

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