2. What is NOT an example given by the author as something intangible brought back to the States?
(a) A greater sense of distrust for all things American.
(b) Understanding what life would have been like for the brown girls, if their parents had never left the Motherland.
(c) Feeling proud of their complexions.
(d) Not caring about having darker skin.

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

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

5. What do some of the brothers do who struggle to find work?
(a) They go back to school.
(b) They return to their old ways.
(c) They become priests, monks, and imams.
(d) They work for relatives.

6. Why do some girls fear motherhood?
(a) They fear they would mess up their children or would be engulfed by motherhood.
(b) They worry they cannot afford children.
(c) They fear their parents will interfere too much.
(d) They fear the pain of childbirth.

7. What has taken the place of The Flea?
(a) A tech company.
(b) A parking garage.
(c) A casino.
(d) A large grocery store.

8. What do the letters brought back from the Motherland reveal about the brown girls’ parents?
(a) They have been financially supported by family members in the old country.
(b) They have been sending money back home to support loved ones.
(c) They have been trying to cut ties to the Motherland for years.
(d) They hope to return to the Motherland someday.

9. In Patriotic, what is the main reason given for why the brown girls debate becoming mothers?
(a) They do not have time to have children.
(b) The world is a mess.
(c) They fear the pain.
(d) They have not found suitable fathers for their future children.

10. Although the girls feel the urge to run away from college, why do they stay?
(a) They are embarrassed to leave.
(b) They have nowhere else to go.
(c) They know it will get better.
(d) They are good girls and the ones who have succeeded in achieving the American Dream.

11. In Jenny, how do some of the brown girls feel about Jenny?
(a) They feel sorry for her.
(b) They are jealous of her.
(c) They hate her.
(d) They are in love with her.

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

13. How does Trish die?
(a) Cancer.
(b) She is murdered.
(c) In a car accident.
(d) A drug overdose.

14. How do the girls’ feelings change as they board the plane to the Motherland?
(a) Fear turns to bravery.
(b) Bravery turns to excitement.
(c) Excitement leads to uncertainty.
(d) Bravery leads to fear and uncertainty.

15. The girls who are happy being single with no children shock their parents, as being a parent is what?
(a) A natural part of life.
(b) One of the first steps to being an adult.
(c) Expected.
(d) Practically patriotic.