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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did August's father die?
(a) Heart attack.
(b) Liver disease.
(c) Natural causes.
(d) Lung cancer.

2. In Chapter 1, while meeting with therapist, Sister Sonja, as a teenager for the first time, how did August begin the session?
(a) "I hope my mother is alive..." (15).
(b) "I merely want to see her..." (16).
(c) "She will never come back..." (12).
(d) "I was waiting for my mother..." (15).

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

4. How does August describe her friend Sylvia when she accidentally ran into her on the train years after leaving Brooklyn?
(a) Sylvia had not aged at all and was dressed in expensive clothing.
(b) Sylvia had not aged at all and had reddish brown hair.
(c) Sylvia looked so different that August barely recognized her.
(d) Sylvia had a child on her lap and looked content.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does August say saved her brother from feeling "halfway whole" (3)?

2. What major event happened to August's brother in Chapter 2?

3. As referenced in Chapter 1, when August was 15, where did her father send her for the summer?

4. In Chapter 1, what did August's brother ask her after their father's funeral (4)?

5. What was August's brother's wife's name in the most-recent timeline?

(see the answer key)

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