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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 referenced in Chapter 1, when August was 15, where did her father send her for the summer?
(a) August's mother's home in Tennessee.
(b) A therapist, Sister Sonja.
(c) A boarding school in New York City.
(d) A mosque to pray.

2. According to the Quote that precedes the narrative, what will you find when you turn right?
(a) The threat of teenage boys.
(b) A peach tree blooming.
(c) An old wise man.
(d) The files of SweetGrove.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long has it been since August's childhood when she describes her father's funeral?

3. What does the narrator claim is the most tragic thing about life (1)?

4. How much older is August than her brother?

5. While listening to a church sermon in Chapter 2, what question did August pose to God?

(see the answer key)

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