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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. What do the girls give up when family and friends from their native lands come to stay?
(a) Their living rooms.
(b) Their beauty sleep.
(c) Their beds.
(d) Their kitchens.

2. In Part One, Brown Boys, the narrator tells the reader they would stare at the brown boys and think what?
(a) How much they looked like their own family members and neighbors.
(b) How ignorant they were.
(c) How they hoped the brown boys would notice them.
(d) How cute they were.

3. Why do some girls stop trying to love both men and women?
(a) They only love themselves.
(b) They want both at the same time.
(c) The relationships never feel right.
(d) They are too busy for love.

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

5. How many commandments are listed in Our Mothers’ Commandments?
(a) 7.
(b) 5.
(c) 10.
(d) 8.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the girls feel when they confess to their old friends?

2. How do some girls convince themselves that boys of a different race and color are unworthy?

3. In Part Seven, Shadows, the women say they love their husbands, as they are what?

4. How do the brown girls’ classmates respond when they are asked why they chose boarding schools over local schools?

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

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