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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. When some girls say they are not ready to have children, how does the narrator respond?
(a) We should not wait until we are ready.
(b) But will we ever be?
(c) Someday we will be.
(d) We never will be.

2. Why do the girls feel the urge to leave the large family parties?
(a) They are bored.
(b) They are overheated.
(c) To play in the backyard.
(d) For a breath of fresh air.

3. In Our Brothers, why do the brothers receive prison sentences?
(a) Drunk driving.
(b) Murder.
(c) Possession and selling of illegal drugs.
(d) Prostitution.

4. How do the girls feel now that they have a white boy attracted to them?
(a) They are beautiful and lucky.
(b) Confused about what to do now.
(c) Their futures are secure.
(d) Both that they have somehow managed to have something precious and feel dirty in their own skin.

5. How does Part Six, Meanwhile, in Queens begin?
(a) With a goat on the Boulevard of Death in St. Albans.
(b) There is an accident on the Boulevard of Death in Ozone Park.
(c) The girls reminisce about the past.
(d) The girls walk to boardwalk at Rockaway Beach.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the girls end up throwing at the boys’ head who cursed at Trish?

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

3. How many hours per week do the art students spend in art classes?

4. The girls who are happy being single with no children shock their parents, as being a parent is what?

5. In Hyper/Visible/In/Visible, how do the brown girls who climb up the ranks in their chosen fields feel?

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