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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Parts Seven and Eight.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator then describes the Flea, affectionately nicknamed what?
(a) Le Flea.
(b) The bug.
(c) The Tick.
(d) The nuisance.

2. How old are the girls by “Art”?
(a) 17.
(b) 14.
(c) 15.
(d) 18.

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

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

5. When the girls arrive at their destination after they flee from Manhattan, what do they realize?
(a) They made so many mistakes.
(b) They do not want to turn around and go back to Manhattan.
(c) They want to swim to another shore.
(d) They do not have the strength to return all the way back to their old neighborhood.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. As adults the girls understand what about their mothers’ lives?

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

4. In Our Not-Reflections, the girls remember what words of their mothers?

5. How does Part Six, Meanwhile, in Queens begin?

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