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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the brown girls and boys NOT notice as they cross through Prospect Park?
(a) The grass grows thick with rows of flowers.
(b) More police officers patrolling the streets.
(c) No trash.
(d) White women out jogging.

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

3. In Art the girls are now specializing in various art forms. Which of the following is something many of them have NOT done?
(a) Taken ballet classes at the Y.
(b) Taken free after-school art lessons.
(c) Taken private art lessons with local but famous artists.
(d) Sung in church choirs.

4. How do some girls who listen to their parents and give up boys because they are a different race or color feel?
(a) Relieved.
(b) Shameful.
(c) Powerful.
(d) Righteous.

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

6. In Part One, Optical Illusions, what do the girls do with the stolen makeup?
(a) They sell it on the street to earn extra cash.
(b) They follow a makeup tutorial to try to look like their favorite celebrities.
(c) They give it to their mothers as a birthday gift.
(d) They cover their faces in it to see what they would look like if they had white skin.

7. When the narrator and her friends play dress-up in a store with beautiful clothes, what does a store clerk think is happening?
(a) They are trying on gowns for prom.
(b) They are adding graffiti to the merchandise.
(c) They are doing drugs.
(d) They are trying to steal.

8. Why do girls decide it is in their best interest to initially ignore the boy who cursed at Trish?
(a) They find the boy's actions funny.
(b) He and his friends are racists and their parents would be upset if they got in a fight at school.
(c) He is a low-life not worth their time.
(d) They do not want to be punished by the dean.

9. How do the girls feel when their parents are confused about what they are learning in school?
(a) A sense of loss.
(b) A sense of power, meanness, and recklessness.
(c) Sadness and worry.
(d) Fear that their parents will understand them less and less.

10. How are the brown boys like lightning, according to the narrator?
(a) They are both scary and dangerous.
(b) They are both beautiful and dangerous.
(c) They are both powerful and dangerous.
(d) They are both bright and shining.

11. What is the reason the narrator gives for why the brown girls would never date a brown boy?
(a) He is not good looking or intelligent.
(b) He is mean and rude.
(c) Although he is good looking, he is not going anywhere.
(d) Although he is good looking, he does not look – you know.

12. What are the ethnicities the narrator names in Musical Chairs?
(a) Kenyan, American, Irish, Egyptian, Japanese, and Mongolian.
(b) Muslim, Catholic, Protestant, Hindu, Buddhist, and Jewish.
(c) Pakistani, Guyanese, Haitian, Ivory Coast, Filipino, and Chinese.
(d) Swedish, Israeli, Korean, South African, Indigenous Peoples, and Indian.

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

14. What is the nickname for the central road through the narrator’s neighborhood?
(a) The “Boulevard of death.”
(b) The “Racetrack.”
(c) The “Express train.”
(d) “Times Square.”

15. The narrator tells of the training bras the girls wear. From whom did they learn about bras?
(a) Magazines and advertisements.
(b) Mothers and sisters.
(c) Soap operas.
(d) Older friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the girls mostly do at the mall?

2. In Part One, Family Parties, what is a comment NOT given by the narrator regarding the girls’ aunts?

3. How does the narrator describe the songs that vocal students memorize?

4. When the white boys try to be gently intimate, how do the girls NOT react?

5. In Part One, Last Day, what is the reason the narrator gives for all the rigorous testing and high school applications?

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