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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are many of Trish’s friends initially oblivious to what happened to Trish?
(a) They are on the east coast, while she is on the west coast.
(b) They do not watch the news.
(c) They do not care about Trish.
(d) They are at work.

2. In Part Three, Welcome to Mars, what is compared to Mars?
(a) The dregs of Queens.
(b) The universities some of the girls attend.
(c) Men.
(d) Manhattan.

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

4. Why do the girls feel awkward when they hug each other?
(a) They know it will most likely be their last group hug.
(b) It has been too long since they have seen each other.
(c) They no longer know each other.
(d) Trish is no longer there.

5. In Reunion, why are the brown girls so relieved to be around each other?
(a) They all understand what they mean when they say they are tired.
(b) They have missed sharing and gossiping with each other.
(c) They are tired of being around white people.
(d) They miss the old days.

6. As the girls leave for home, what do they realize about home?
(a) It is not just one place.
(b) It is nowhere to be found.
(c) It is in America.
(d) It is in the Motherland.

7. In Ghosts, the girls meet up for the first time in a while, and do what?
(a) Go dancing.
(b) Have a slumber party.
(c) Reminisce about the past.
(d) Go out for drinks.

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

9. What is NOT an example of how the brown girls traveling to Motherlands look like Americans?
(a) They are bigger, due to having an American diet.
(b) They cannot stomach the water.
(c) They dress immodestly.
(d) They wear clothing that looks like the American flag.

10. In Part Four, Those Who Leave & Those Who Stay, what do those who leave notice that those who stay never mention?
(a) Local gossip.
(b) The important and serious events.
(c) Their families.
(d) Their jobs.

11. As the brown girls see first-hand the devastation caused by the colonizers, what do they realize?
(a) They can never return to America.
(b) They are to blame.
(c) They are the colonizers.
(d) Whether they like it or not, they lay claim to both.

12. What is NOT a legacy of the brown girls listed by the narrator?
(a) Bombs.
(b) Financial and personal freedom.
(c) Missionaries.
(d) U.S.–backed dictatorships.

13. What is the first step the girls take that leads to them taking a trip to visit the Motherland (Fatherland)?
(a) They take off two weeks from work.
(b) They talk to their parents about going on a trip.
(c) They call relatives in the Motherland who convince them to come.
(d) They curse out their bosses.

14. In Welcome to Mars, how do the girls feel around the elite?
(a) Out of place.
(b) Uninterested.
(c) Superior.
(d) Right at home.

15. Trish puts her hands on the girls’ shoulders as the girls close their eyes and does what?
(a) Hugs them.
(b) Tells them to wake up as she pushes them back over the cliff.
(c) Says goodbye.
(d) Tells them to take care and pushes them back over the cliff.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what do statues on campus remind the brown girls?

2. In Heritage / Inheritance, what does the narrator say the girls are surprised to see?

3. Why do some of the brothers struggle to find work, according to the author?

4. What business does the author hint at almost came to the brown girls’ neighborhood?

5. In Patriotic, what is the main reason given for why the brown girls debate becoming mothers?

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