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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay 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. 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 wear clothing that looks like the American flag.
(c) They dress immodestly.
(d) They cannot stomach the water.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part Three, Welcome to Mars, what is compared to Mars?

2. What has taken the place of The Flea?

3. When some girls say they are not ready to have children, how does the narrator respond?

4. What city were some Queens’ residents worried their community would mimic, if the big tech company came to their town?

5. The narrator says multiple times that the boys do not cry but then, in parentheses, says what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does one of the girls realize that Trish had not been happy in a long time?

2. How do the various family members react to the brothers receiving prison sentences?

3. Why are the brothers in Our Brothers sent to prison?

4. What famous people are from St. Albans, New York?

5. How do the girls stand out as Americans while in the Motherland?

6. What does the narrator say is the thing the brown girls love most about what they see in the motherland?

7. What are the ghosts mentioned in “Ghosts”?

8. What is The Flea?

9. How do the residents feel about the tech company that threatened to come into the neighborhood?

10. How do the girls feel about their chosen fields of study in Duty?

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