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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. What does the narrator call the girls who find solace in the arts and switch their majors to art?
(a) Unique.
(b) Reckless.
(c) Unsure.
(d) Smart.

2. To what do the girls looks forward to in “Trish”?
(a) Going back to their homes and daily schedules.
(b) Sharing stories about Trish.
(c) Seeing Trish's parents.
(d) Happy Hour.

3. Some brown boys call the girls by their real names rather than their American names. How do the girls react?
(a) They work hard to walk away from them.
(b) They call the boys by their real names.
(c) They laugh at them.
(d) They shout insults at them.

4. The narrator tells of the training bras the girls wear. From whom did they learn about bras?
(a) Magazines and advertisements.
(b) Mothers and sisters.
(c) Soap operas.
(d) Older friends.

5. In Amnesia, the girls struggle to get out of bed in the morning, as they realize what?
(a) They have no friends.
(b) Everyone they now interact with daily is white.
(c) They must go to work.
(d) They forgot to buy coffee.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is NOT a legacy of the brown girls listed by the narrator?

3. In Art, what was once the thing that gave the girls a sense of peace and safety is now what, according to the narrator?

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

5. In Part One, Family Parties, what is a comment NOT given by the narrator regarding the girls’ aunts?

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