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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. In Part One, Family Parties, what is a comment NOT given by the narrator regarding the girls’ aunts?
(a) The aunts would hug, squeeze, and give the girls fat, juicy kisses.
(b) The aunts would tell the girls to stay thin.
(c) The aunts would compliment the girls on their hairdo but would encourage them to go elsewhere next time.
(d) The aunts would tell the girls to eat enough.

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

3. In Everything We Ever Wanted, the girls are now how old?
(a) 16.
(b) 18.
(c) 15.
(d) 17.

4. How do some girls convince themselves that boys of a different race and color are unworthy?
(a) The girls start to notice who the boys’ friends are.
(b) The girls start to notice how ugly the boys are.
(c) The girls start to notice the boys’ dirty shoes and messy hair.
(d) The girls start to notice how they speak English.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT an example of the blending of cultures given by the narrator?

2. What does the narrator say about the native tongues of the girls in “Art”?

3. What do those who have stayed say is the difference between the two types of girls?

4. In Ghosts, the girls meet up for the first time in a while, and do what?

5. What city were some Queens’ residents worried their community would mimic, if the big tech company came to their town?

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