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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. The successful girls are so visible they have become what?
(a) Unsuccessful.
(b) Unusual.
(c) Invisible.
(d) Uncomfortable.

2. 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 have climbed mountains and achieved greatness.
(c) They are living lies and wearing masks of who they think others want them to be.
(d) They will soon hit a glass ceiling.

3. In Patriotic, what is the main reason given for why the brown girls debate becoming mothers?
(a) They do not have time to have children.
(b) They fear the pain.
(c) They have not found suitable fathers for their future children.
(d) The world is a mess.

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

5. 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) The important and serious events.
(c) Local gossip.
(d) Their families.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Amnesia, the girls struggle to get out of bed in the morning, as they realize what?

2. How do the mothers react to the boys being given prison sentences?

3. Although the girls feel the urge to run away from college, why do they stay?

4. How do some of the brothers have a change of heart in The Lucky Ones?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How has Rockaway Beach changed in “Meanwhile, in Queens”?

2. What are the problems the girls who leave and the girls who stay see in each other?

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

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

5. How does “Meanwhile, in Queens” begin?

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

7. How do others respond when some girls decide to visit the Motherland?

8. Why do the girls who leave Queens force themselves to stay away at college?

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

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

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