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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 Haunting, the girls follow Trish but end up where?
(a) At the edge of a cliff.
(b) Gasping for air in their beds.
(c) The same place they began.
(d) In the dregs of Queens.

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

3. How old are the girls by “Art”?
(a) 18.
(b) 14.
(c) 17.
(d) 15.

4. Why do the family and friends who come to stay with the girls and their families leave for other cities?
(a) To see more of America.
(b) They go to stay with other family members.
(c) They tire of living in cramped conditions in Queens.
(d) For work.

5. What do those who have stayed say is the difference between the two types of girls?
(a) Those who have stayed have never become strangers.
(b) Those who have stayed will never be alone.
(c) Those who have left can never come back.
(d) Those who have left care only about themselves.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Reunion, why are the brown girls so relieved to be around each other?

2. What do the brown girls realize about their elite classmates?

3. In Our Mothers Speak, what is NOT an example given by the narrator of the advice and wisdom given out by brown mothers?

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

5. In Jenny, how do some of the brown girls feel about Jenny?

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