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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-3.

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 walked the streets for drugs.
(c) August ran around the streets with her girlfriends.
(d) August walked the streets looking for her mother.

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

3. What did August want, do, and/or think, when she first saw Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi as a child in Brooklyn?
(a) August yelled at the girls for being stuck-up.
(b) August wanted to be a part of who they were.
(c) August hated them because she had no friends.
(d) August had a natural distaste for the girls.

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

5. What is the origin of August's birth name?
(a) August's parents were married in August.
(b) "August" sounded beautiful to her mother.
(c) August was born in the month of August.
(d) August was her mother's favorite month.

Short Answer Questions

1. What narrative perspective is Another Brooklyn related?

2. How did August's father die?

3. How does August describe her friend Sylvia when she accidentally ran into her on the train years after leaving Brooklyn?

4. What did August's father do to the apartment window she and her brother always peered through?

5. What was the name of the ice cream truck August and her brother saw through their apartment window?

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