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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. In Territory, what is NOT a reason given by the narrator for why the brown girls tire of Manhattan?
(a) Fake glamour.
(b) High prices.
(c) Central Park.
(d) Manhattan snobs.

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

3. How has the photography exhibit been advertised that the girls visit?
(a) Shocking, heartbreaking, and brilliant.
(b) A rude awakening for anyone who still does not believe in white privilege.
(c) Sensitive and life-altering and a deep portrayal of people of colors’ struggles.
(d) A beautiful trip to people of color and their ancestry.

4. How do the girls respond when the girls receive compliments from the Italian boys on their stoops?
(a) Who are you?
(b) What made you nice?
(c) They laugh at the boys.
(d) When did we become beautiful?

5. What do the girls notice as they take notes on white philosophers and read Shakespeare?
(a) They have never read any of this before.
(b) They do not trust their white teachers.
(c) They never read about anyone that looks like them.
(d) They do not like these famous white people.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator, how is making art a prison sentence?

2. How does Trish die?

3. Why did the brown girls sneak into The Flea as young girls?

4. How do the girls feel when their parents are confused about what they are learning in school?

5. Brown and brown means nothing must be explained, as they understand what?

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