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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Overall, how do the girls manage in the Motherland?
(a) They manage as well as any American.
(b) They manage surprisingly well.
(c) They manage well, because they are from the Motherland.
(d) They do everything wrong.

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

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

5. How is communication a struggle for the girls who speak their native tongues fluently?
(a) They have learned an entirely different dialect.
(b) They do not understand new slang.
(c) Communicating ideas is a struggle.
(d) They are not good listeners.

6. 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 are tired of being around white people.
(c) They have missed sharing and gossiping with each other.
(d) They miss the old days.

7. According to the narrator, how is making art a prison sentence?
(a) The girls know that making art is a lifelong sentence.
(b) The girls do not know how to survive without their art.
(c) The girls hate themselves and the work they once loved.
(d) The girls are trapped in art contracts and deadlines.

8. 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.

9. What led to improvements on Rockaway Beach?
(a) Protests from residents.
(b) Destruction caused by a category 5 superstorm.
(c) Newly-elected officials from the community.
(d) More government funding.

10. Those who stayed in Queens know that those who left do not care about what?
(a) New York City.
(b) Their careers.
(c) Being loyal to family and friends.
(d) Their dreams and aspirations.

11. What makes the girls who have stayed angry?
(a) The anger they see in their friends' eyes.
(b) The love they see in their friends' eyes.
(c) The jealousy they see in their friends' eyes.
(d) The pity they see in their friends’ eyes.

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

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

14. In Hyper/Visible/In/Visible, how do the brown girls who climb up the ranks in their chosen fields feel?
(a) They have climbed mountains and achieved greatness.
(b) They are living lies and wearing masks of who they think others want them to be.
(c) They will soon hit a glass ceiling.
(d) They fear that they will be found out as fakes and unintelligent.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is The Flea?

2. How does the author describe the people on Rockaway Beach in Meanwhile, In Queens?

3. What do those who have left the neighborhood remember seeing in the eyes of their friends who have stayed when they mentioned their accomplishments?

4. How much do the girls spend on ice cream on the redone boardwalk at Rockaway Beach?

5. When the girls arrive at their destination after they flee from Manhattan, what do they realize?

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