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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the start of the novel, what style of music does the narrator say was "trying to tell our [the girls'] story" (2) despite the fact that it never quite got them?
(a) Pop.
(b) Top 40.
(c) Jazz.
(d) The Blues.

2. Who was portrayed as "starving" at the start of Chapter 6?
(a) The minorities in Brooklyn.
(b) The children of Biafra.
(c) The drug addicts in Chicago.
(d) The refugees of Libya.

3. As a young girl, why did August roam the streets at the start of Chapter 3?
(a) August walked the streets for drugs.
(b) August walked the streets looking for her mother.
(c) August roamed the streets asking for money.
(d) August ran around the streets with her girlfriends.

4. How old was Gigi when she was raped by the soldier who slept in the stairwell of her building?
(a) 16.
(b) 12.
(c) 11.
(d) 18.

5. What narrative perspective is Another Brooklyn related?
(a) Third person omniscient.
(b) First person.
(c) Third person limited.
(d) Second person.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the start of Chapter 2, what year does the narrative shift to?

2. What is the name of the area where August and her family lived before moving to Brooklyn?

3. After leaving her brother and returning to their father's apartment after the funeral, how did August feel?

4. As noticed in Chapter 3, what was one of the first things August spotted about Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi at school?

5. Who originally owned the land where Augusts's family lived in Tennessee?

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