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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. 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.

2. Why do some of the brothers struggle to find work, according to the author?
(a) They are judged by their records.
(b) They do not know how to act in public.
(c) They are brown.
(d) They have poor educations.

3. Brown Girls is a collection of poems that tell the story of girls from what major city?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) New York City.
(d) Philadelphia.

4. The brown girls show the white boys their neighborhoods. How do the brown boys react?
(a) They threaten to beat up the white boys.
(b) They are friendly to the white boys and welcome them to the neighborhood.
(c) They jump the white boys.
(d) They either ignore the white boys and talk to the girls or they call out insults to the boys.

5. Regarding the commandment for the girls to not be wayward, what is also not allowed to be discussed?
(a) Birth control options.
(b) What it is like being pregnant.
(c) Dating.
(d) Marriage.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Thirst, the fathers get drunk on Johnnie Walker and beer as they reminisce with friends about what?

2. What is the first step the girls take that leads to them taking a trip to visit the Motherland (Fatherland)?

3. In Amnesia, the girls struggle to get out of bed in the morning, as they realize what?

4. What is The Flea?

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

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