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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which friend of August's had similar hands to her mother, as mentioned in Chapter 4?
(a) Angela.
(b) Gigi.
(c) Sylvia.
(d) Sonja.

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

3. What vocation did Sylvia believe her father wanted her to become when she was older?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Singer.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Nurse.

4. What did August's mother sleep with under her pillow as stated at the start of Chapter 4?
(a) A butcher knife.
(b) A piece of broken glass.
(c) An old photograph of her brother, Clyde.
(d) A leaf from her favorite tree.

5. In the middle of Chapter 7, what did Gigi share about the pastor at her church?
(a) Gigi declared that the pastor was stealing money from the congregation.
(b) Gigi shared that the pastor was having an affair with her mother.
(c) Gigi admitted that the pastor took her into a back room and raped her.
(d) Gigi confessed that the pastor came up behind her and rubbed against her inappropriately.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. How did August's mother feel about friendships among women as indicated in Chapter 2?

5. As a young girl, why did August roam the streets at the start of Chapter 3?

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