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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Parts Five and Six.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are many of Trish’s friends initially oblivious to what happened to Trish?
(a) They do not care about Trish.
(b) They are on the east coast, while she is on the west coast.
(c) They do not watch the news.
(d) They are at work.

2. In Heritage / Inheritance, what does the narrator say the girls are surprised to see?
(a) So much Western influence.
(b) So many pagan god statues.
(c) People with the same color of skin as them.
(d) Altars to Mary and Jesus next to figures of local gods.

3. Where do the girls meet to remember Trish?
(a) A local bar in Queens.
(b) Their old elementary school playground.
(c) Her parents’ home on Long Island.
(d) The cemetery.

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

5. In Part One, Duties, what is NOT an example of how the narrator and her ten-year-old friends are good girls?
(a) They give their babysitting money to their parents.
(b) They know how to cross the dangerous main road safely.
(c) They help younger siblings with homework.
(d) They tiptoe around the house so as not to disturb their exhausted fathers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the girls feel now that they have a white boy attracted to them?

2. In Part One, Musical Chairs, the narrator tells of how the teachers are notorious for what?

3. Why do the girls feel awkward when they hug each other?

4. What has taken the place of The Flea?

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

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