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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. What do some of the brothers do who struggle to find work?
(a) They go back to school.
(b) They return to their old ways.
(c) They work for relatives.
(d) They become priests, monks, and imams.

2. How do the girls feel about the store clerk?
(a) They are pissed.
(b) They are annoyed.
(c) They are amused.
(d) They are frightened.

3. What do the brown girls and boys NOT notice as they cross through Prospect Park?
(a) White women out jogging.
(b) The grass grows thick with rows of flowers.
(c) No trash.
(d) More police officers patrolling the streets.

4. In Welcome to Mars, how do the girls feel around the elite?
(a) Uninterested.
(b) Out of place.
(c) Right at home.
(d) Superior.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator says multiple times that the boys do not cry but then, in parentheses, says what?

2. Why did the brown girls sneak into The Flea as young girls?

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

4. The narrator tells of the training bras the girls wear. From whom did they learn about bras?

5. In Great Expectations, the narrator describes the relationship between the brown girls and who?

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