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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The girls tell happy stories of their youth with Trish, but one girl thinks back on the time she caught Trish doing what at a party?
(a) Snorting what is assumed to be cocaine.
(b) Dancing half-dressed on a table.
(c) Drinking too much.
(d) Cleaning up after the other drunk kids.

2. Why did the brown girls sneak into The Flea as young girls?
(a) They were too young to enter alone.
(b) They were not liked by the owner.
(c) They liked the excitement of sneaking in.
(d) They were unable to pay the six-dollar entrance fee.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. What does the narrator say is the brown girls’ privilege?
(a) Speaking English.
(b) Education.
(c) Being American.
(d) Having weak American stomachs.

12. How much do the girls spend on ice cream on the redone boardwalk at Rockaway Beach?
(a) $2.
(b) $8.
(c) $11.
(d) $20.

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

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

15. Of what do statues on campus remind the brown girls?
(a) What they will achieve by the time they graduate.
(b) Why they are working so hard at school.
(c) Their white-only high school curriculum.
(d) Their families.

Short Answer Questions

1. Trish puts her hands on the girls’ shoulders as the girls close their eyes and does what?

2. How does the narrator respond when the girls enjoy the local music and remixes of American music?

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

4. According to the narrator, how is making art a prison sentence?

5. What is NOT a legacy of the brown girls listed by the narrator?

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