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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Many girls do not know if or when they will be ready to have children but know that to admit this uncertainty would leave them how?
(a) Unfulfilled.
(b) Worried.
(c) Angry.
(d) Vulnerable.

2. In Heritage / Inheritance, what does the narrator say the girls are surprised to see?
(a) So much Western influence.
(b) So many pagan god statues.
(c) Altars to Mary and Jesus next to figures of local gods.
(d) People with the same color of skin as them.

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

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

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

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

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

8. When the narrator thinks about legacy, what does she wonder about some who attend Ivy League schools?
(a) How many are mediocre students.
(b) How many paid their way into these schools.
(c) How many do not graduate.
(d) How many commit suicide.

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

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

11. 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 are trapped in art contracts and deadlines.
(d) The girls hate themselves and the work they once loved.

12. How do the brown girls’ classmates respond when they are asked why they chose boarding schools over local schools?
(a) They frown.
(b) They laugh.
(c) They look bewildered.
(d) They shrug.

13. What is The Flea?
(a) A thrift store in Ozone Park, Queens.
(b) A restaurant in Ozone Park, Queens.
(c) A mall in Ozone Park, Queens.
(d) An open-air market in Ozone Park, Queens.

14. 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 wear clothing that looks like the American flag.
(d) They dress immodestly.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator then describes the Flea, affectionately nicknamed what?

2. How does Part Six, Meanwhile, in Queens begin?

3. What does the narrator call the girls who find solace in the arts and switch their majors to art?

4. How do the girls’ feelings change as they board the plane to the Motherland?

5. Why do some girls fear motherhood?

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