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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was one song August listened to as she had her hair braided?
(a) "The Great Girl."
(b) "Amazing Grace."
(c) "Keep on Livin'."
(d) "The Blues Are No Good."

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

4. In Chapter 2, what did August notice about the white people in her apartment building?
(a) The white people were moving out of the building.
(b) The white people were causing riots and violence.
(c) The white people were jovial and friendly.
(d) The white people were always fighting and arguing in the hallways.

5. How long has it been since August's childhood when she describes her father's funeral?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 6 years.
(d) 15 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Toward the end of Chapter 7, what did August want to say to her mother about trusting women?

2. At the end of Chapter 5, how did Sylvia respond when August, Gigi, and Angela asked her what she loved?

3. Where did August's mother's brother, Clyde, go to college? (51).

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

5. How much older is August than her brother?

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