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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. In Reunion, why are the brown girls so relieved to be around each other?
(a) They have missed sharing and gossiping with each other.
(b) They miss the old days.
(c) They are tired of being around white people.
(d) They all understand what they mean when they say they are tired.

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 will soon hit a glass ceiling.
(d) They are living lies and wearing masks of who they think others want them to be.

3. In The Things We Carry, what is NOT an example given by the narrator for something the girls bring home?
(a) Peppers the length of a pinky finger.
(b) Foreign coins.
(c) Pastries wrapped in colorful sheets of plastic.
(d) Bottles of liquor for fathers.

4. How do some of the brothers have a change of heart in The Lucky Ones?
(a) They apologize to their families.
(b) They return or turn to religion.
(c) They volunteer at halfway houses.
(d) They help support their sisters.

5. What do the brown girls realize about their elite classmates?
(a) Their families worked for families such as these.
(b) They do not have to work hard at schoolwork.
(c) They will most likely never have jobs.
(d) They are not as intelligent as the brown girls.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT an example of the blending of cultures given by the narrator?

2. What is the first step the girls take that leads to them taking a trip to visit the Motherland (Fatherland)?

3. As the brown girls see first-hand the devastation caused by the colonizers, what do they realize?

4. How do the brown girls’ classmates respond when they are asked why they chose boarding schools over local schools?

5. How is communication a struggle for the girls who speak their native tongues fluently?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is Jenny about?

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

9. How are the girls changed by their visits to the Motherland?

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

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